STABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMETHYST RADIOTHERAPY CENTER

The Krakow Amethyst Radiotherapy Center celebrates its fourth anniversary. The center already has a stable position in the entire region, closely cooperating with the Specialist Hospital. L. Rydygier. The number of people treated and the number of irradiation techniques used increases every year - from the opening to the end of November this year. received over 7,7 thousand patients.

The number of patients undergoing radiotherapy is systematically increasing - from January to the end of November this year. it passed her 2373 patients, while in the entire last year it was 2411 people. Compared to the data from the first year of operation, the Krakow center currently treats almost 2,5 times more people than in 2014.

Comparing the number of radical treatment procedures according to the technology used, an increase can be seen in 2017 specialized radiotherapeutic techniques such as IMRT, VMAT and brachytherapy. From January to November this year. such patients were 160 (IMRT), 978 (VMAT) and 332 (brachytherapy). Comparing data from 11 months in 2016 and 2017, this increase is 22, 19 and 31%, respectively.

In radical treatment aimed at permanent recovery of the patient, the VMAT technique, i.e. Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy, still constitutes the vast majority (40 proc. this year). It allows for precise administration of optimal therapeutic doses and, above all, shortening the duration of irradiation compared to other available methods. Throughout 2016, 890 patients underwent such treatment at the Amethyst Radiotherapy Center, this year it is already 978 people. The next places are brachytherapy (14% this year) and IMRT (6%).