BRACHYTHERAPY TREATS PROSTATE CANCER
September 15 is European Prostate Day, which was announced to remind people about prevention, perform check-ups and promote knowledge about this disease. Prostate cancer is currently the cause of nearly 10 percent. deaths among men. Globally, prostate cancer is the second most common cancer. Deaths due to prostate cancer are recorded [...]
RADIOSURGERY - AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PATIENTS
Thanks to stereotactic radiotherapy, it is possible to treat, among others: brain tumors. In Małopolska, such a precise procedure is performed only at the Amethyst Radiotherapy Center. The idea of stereotactic radiotherapy (also called radiosurgery) is to administer relatively high doses of radiation to a very limited and precisely defined disease area. The idea is to concentrate irradiation only where it is necessary, while [...]
AMETHYST RADIOTHERAPY CENTER IS A PARTNER OF THE XNUMXTH KRAKOW CONFERENCE
Oncological treatment in older people is the main topic of the conference organized on November 14 this year. at the Collegium Medicum of the Jagiellonian University. Amethyst Radiotherapy Center is one of the partners of this event. The XNUMXth Krakow Conference is organized by the Urszula Smok Foundation "Podaruj Życie", which helps people suffering from leukemia and other cancers on a daily basis. This year's edition will focus on topics addressed to [...]
DIET IN CANCER DISEASE
Appropriate nutrition is an important element of cancer therapy. Anna Stoch, M.Sc. Eng., discusses this issue with patients of the Amethyst Radiotherapy Center. food technology and human nutrition. In the interview, he debunks myths and provides important information for patients and their families. Nutritional principles can also be seen in the presentation: dietary indications for cancer patients. During oncological treatment, the diet has different [...]
NUTRITION DURING ONCOLOGY THERAPY
A properly selected and balanced diet is important during cancer therapy. For this reason, the Amethyst Radiotherapy Center in Krakow regularly organizes meetings with an expert who provides advice to patients and their families on the diet supporting treatment. The next meeting with Anna Stoch, M.Eng. food technology and human nutrition is scheduled for Wednesday, March 20. ABOUT […]
RADIOTHERAPY CONTINUED ALSO DURING THE EPIDEMIC
Cancer therapy is a life-saving treatment. It cannot be interrupted, postponed or abandoned, even in such a difficult situation as the constantly developing coronavirus epidemic. For this reason, the Amethyst Radiotherapy Center team is making every effort to ensure that patient admissions and radiotherapy continue as usual. The facility has implemented a rotational work mode in which individual teams [...]
OPENING ABOUT THE QUOTE OF SERVICES
Representatives of the Amethyst Radiotherapy Center in Krakow met with Krzysztof Łanda, Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Health. The main topic of the meeting was the issue of quality and valuation of medical services in the field of radiotherapy. – We presented our experience regarding radiotherapy standards based on international guidelines and the results of monitoring the effects of treatment that we conduct at our facility in Krakow – says Dr. Marcin Hetnał, director of the Center […]
AMETHYST IMPLEMENTS AN ONCOLOGY PACKAGE
Specialists from the Amethyst Radiotherapy Center have already issued over 70 oncological diagnosis and treatment cards (DiLO). This is the result of the first weeks of 2015. The Ministry of Health introduced an oncology package on January 1 to ensure faster diagnosis and more efficient treatment of cancer patients. The first DiLO card was issued by the Amethyst Radiotherapy Center on January 7. Half of the cards issued so far have been received by patients, […]
BRACHYTHERAPY VS LUNG CANCER
Radiotherapists and pulmonologists from the hospital in Proszowice participated in the first bronchial brachytherapy procedure performed at the Amethyst Radiotherapy Center. The stage of the disease of the man undergoing the procedure made earlier surgical treatment and removal of the tumor impossible - the tumor infiltration caused complete closure of the main bronchus. This not only caused breathing problems, but also made it impossible to precisely locate the tumor in […]
MORE ADVANCED TREATMENTS
In the first four months of this year, the Krakow center treated as many as 754 patients, while in the first trimester (January - April) of 2015 there were 569 of them. The vast majority - almost 40 percent. all treatments – is the VMAT technique, i.e. Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy. There are twice as many 3D brachytherapy treatments, which involve irradiating lesions by placing [...]
TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND YOUR HEALTH
On Friday, November 9, the next event from the "Let's talk about health - meetings with women" series will take place at the INX Design Hotel in Krakow. Among the invited speakers is doctor Mariusz Pietrasz from the Amethyst Radiotherapy Center. This time the meeting will be devoted to women taking care of their breasts - one of the indisputable attributes of femininity. Krakow Amazons will sum up the month [...]
VACCINATIONS FOR CHRONICALLY ILL
Registration for vaccination against Covid-10 began on March 19 for people with severe, chronic diseases. This group includes oncology patients who underwent chemotherapy or radiotherapy after December 31, 2019. In accordance with the provisions of the Regulation of the Council of Ministers of March 5, 2021, at this stage, vaccinations covered patients who had undergone oncological treatment in the last fourteen [...]
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