THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND HELP
The Amethyst Radiotherapy Center received a commemorative diploma from the "Podaruj Życie" foundation in gratitude for its commitment to helping people with leukemia and other cancers. The occasion for presenting awards was the celebration of the foundation's 15th anniversary, which took place today at the Krakow City Hall. Urszula Smok, its founder, thanked everyone who had supported the foundation's activities over the years and tried to donate […]
THEY MONITOR THE PATIENT'S NUTRITION
The Amethyst Radiotherapy Center has started a project to systematically monitor the nutrition of patients undergoing irradiation. The most important goal is to prevent severe malnutrition, which not only complicates treatment, but may also result in complications and even death. Oncology patients are particularly vulnerable to nutritional deficiencies and life-threatening weight loss. According to data from the National Cancer Institute, up to 40% of patients die [...]
USE OF PROTECTIVE MASKS
From Thursday, April 9, all patients of the Amethyst Radiotherapy Center must wear protective masks. It is advisable for each patient to have their own mask. It may be a reusable mask, which can currently be purchased in many retail outlets. If a patient does not have their own mask, they will be provided with a disposable mask upon entering the Amethyst Radiation Therapy Center. The mask should be used [...]
ABOUT PREVENTIVENESS AT LEAST
Large attendance, good energy and important conversations - a meeting from the "Let's talk about health" series with the participation of a doctor from the Amethyst Radiotherapy Center is behind us. Friday evening at the INX Design Hotel in Krakow was devoted to breast care and prevention. Among the speakers was Mariusz Pietrasz, a specialist in oncological radiation therapy from the Amethyst Radiotherapy Center, who talked about how […]
PHOTO EXHIBITION ABOUT NOWA HUTA
Robert Werbanow is a philologist, journalist and photographer. He photographs what is closest and familiar - people, landscapes, animals. For him, photography is a form of reportage - it captures fragments of time in the frame, illustrations to an ongoing story. He has already presented, among others: exhibitions "Lemkowyna", "Provincial Miracles", "Another World". Now he focused on Nowa Huta. The photos are full of reflection, insight and [...]
MORE AND MORE MODERN TREATMENTS
The Amethyst Radiotherapy Center celebrates its two-year anniversary. The number of treated patients and the use of the most modern irradiation techniques are systematically growing: in the three quarters of this year (compared to this period in 2014), the number of stereotaxy procedures increased more than fourfold, the number of brachytherapy procedures increased threefold, and the number of procedures using the VMAT technique increased sevenfold. The Krakow center already functions effectively as an important element of the Małopolska […]
PATIENTS FROM UKRAINE ARE TREATED IN KRAKOW
The number of Ukrainians working and studying in our country is growing. In 2016, the Małopolska Voivodeship Office was in second place in terms of the number of incoming cases regarding the legalization of stay and work permits for foreigners (mainly from Ukraine) - over 13,3 thousand cases were reported. applications, which is an increase of over 100%. Western medical services and […]
NEW FACILITY IN THE AMETHYST RADIOTHERAPY NETWORK
The international Amethyst Radiotherapy network is expanding its activities in Europe. The two centers in France were joined by a third one, in La Garenne-Colombes. It operates on the premises of the Clinique Lambert hospital belonging to Ramsay Generale de Sante, one of the largest French networks of private hospitals. In 2014, almost 1200 patients underwent treatment in three local departments: radiotherapy, chemotherapy and brachytherapy. […]
DIFFICULTIES IN CONTACTING BY TELEPHONE
In Białołęka near Warsaw, on the morning of January 31, there was a great fire. The hall burned down, and the fire also affected buildings belonging to the telecommunications company T-Mobile. This results in serious difficulties in access to telecommunications and Internet services in this network. The failure affected the operation of telephones at the Amethyst Radiotherapy Center in Kraków and the Amethyst Radiotherapy Center in Zgorzelec. We apologize […]
FIRST YEAR OF OPERATION OF THE AMETHYST RADIOTHERAPY CENTER
It was an intense and important 12 months. Here is a summary of the first year of operation of the Amethys Radiotherapy Center. The beginnings were not easy: the Center team together with the staff of the hospital. Rydygiera developed and implemented a system of multi-specialist teams, and in addition, the contract from the National Health Fund for the provision of medical services came only three months after the center's opening. […]
INDIVIDUALIZATION OF ONCOLOGICAL TREATMENT
Fighting cancer requires each time to create a separate strategy and design therapy tailored to each patient. This is particularly important in the treatment of head and neck cancers, emphasize doctors from the Amethyst Radiotherapy Center in Krakow. Cancers of the head and neck region constitute approximately 6%. all malignant tumors diagnosed in Poland. Some might, based on these […]
SUMMARY OF THE HALF-YEAR OF 2015
The first half of the year was very busy for the staff of the Amethyst Radiotherapy Center. From January to the end of June 2015, 913 patients completed radiotherapy, while in the comparable period a year earlier there were 356, i.e. almost three times less. Almost half a thousand people (484 to be precise) were treated with modern techniques such as IMRT, VMAT or […]
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