THE CENTER'S FIVE THOUSAND PATIENT

The Amethyst Radiotherapy Center in Krakow is celebrating a small anniversary - the XNUMXth patient completed his treatment here in mid-November.

It was a patient with head and neck cancer who was scheduled for irradiation after surgery. Treatment with a very precise VMAT (Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy) technique, which also allows to shorten the duration of irradiation compared to other available methods, was completed on November 15.

The first patient came to the Amethyst Radiotherapy Center in Krakow on December 16, 2013. Since then, the number of patients undergoing treatment has increased every year: in 2014 it was 1050 people, in 2015 - 1871, and by mid-November this year. already 2080 people.