ABOUT ONCOLOGY AT THE DOCTORS' ANNIVERSARY FORUM

Doctors from the Amethyst Radiotherapy Center took part in a scientific conference organized by the Specialist Hospital. L. Rydygier in Krakow. Dr. Marcin Hetnał assessed the effectiveness and tolerability of stereotactic radiotherapy of lung tumors.

6th Jubilee Forum of Doctors of the Specialist Hospital. L. Rydygiera in Krakow took place on April 2016, 30. The first session was entirely devoted to the oncology package and cancer treatment. Specialist Hospital named after Rydygiera is one of the largest medical facilities in Małopolska, hospitalizing nearly XNUMX people annually. patients, many of whom are oncologically ill.

The first speech at the Forum concerned models of treatment for combined treatment of rectal cancer developed within the interdisciplinary team, which has been operating for the second year. The co-author of the paper is Maria Marczak-Ziętkiewicz from the Amethyst Radiotherapy Center.

Dr. Marcin Hetnał, director of the Amethyst Radiotherapy Center, assessed the effectiveness and tolerability of stereotactic hypofractionated radiotherapy of lung tumors. – The results are promising and place us among the world's best radiotherapy centers, but for now we only have seventeen months of data. This is not enough to draw final conclusions - explains Dr. Hetnał.

The first stereotactic radiotherapy was performed at the Amethyst Radiotherapy Center in March 2014. Thanks to this method, it is possible to irradiate cancerous lesions very precisely, including: located in the lungs.