On Monday, May 8, 2017, the first groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the new Amethyst Radiotherapy center in Austria took place. The first private radiotherapy center in Austria is being built in its capital, next to the Wiener Privatklinik at Pelikangasse 15. As part of the project, a building will be built next to the existing clinic, which will house two modern, high-performance accelerators […]
The first brachytherapy treatment for prostate cancer was performed at the Amethyst Radiotherapy Center in Krakow. This innovative use of irradiation allows patients to avoid surgery and gives them a good chance of recovery. The first procedure was performed on September 6, 2016. The patient who underwent prostate brachytherapy at the Amethyst Radiotherapy Center was 65 years old. The procedure was performed under spinal anesthesia. The patient was administered one fraction [...]
To ensure the safety of patients and the highest quality of treatment, the Amethyst Radiotherapy Center has introduced special identification wristbands. They allow you to quickly and accurately identify the patient with his treatment plan, while simplifying the procedures for reporting for radiation. Each patient undergoing radiotherapy at the Amethyst Radiotherapy Center receives a cellulose wristband with a number and barcode, which he wears throughout the entire […]
Marcin Hetnał, M.D., director of the Amethyst Radiotherapy Center, won the Best Lecture award among the presentations presented during the Watch Health Care (WHC) Foundation seminars in 2014. The awarded speech concerned combined treatment in urological cancers. The award and a special statuette were presented on February 6 in Warsaw during the seminar "When is health policy credible?" The winner gave a lecture [...]
From March 16 until further notice, only patients can enter the center for oncological diagnosis and treatment. All therapies will be continued, but the dates of subsequent radiotherapy fractions may change - please be understanding. Follow-up visits are carried out via teleconsultation - each patient will receive individual guidelines in this regard. All patients at the entrance to the center [...]
The Amethyst Radiotherapy Center invites patients to another meeting dedicated to proper diet during oncological treatment. How to eat properly during chemotherapy and radiotherapy? How can a proper diet reduce the severity of side effects during treatment? What are the benefits of a properly composed set of meals? These and other questions will be answered by the Center's [...]
Due to the great interest of patients in the brochure devoted to treatment at the Amethyst Radiotherapy Center, we have prepared a new edition. "Patient's guide. Radiotherapy” edited by Dr. n. med. Marcin Hetnał is a free publication developed with the center's patients in mind. The first diagnosis, the words: cancer, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, the sound itself arouses fear and causes stress. This guide helps you understand the course of radiotherapy, [...]
At the Amethyst Radiotherapy Center in Krakow, during the holiday season, therapy will be carried out during normal operating hours, both on Christmas Eve and the last day of the year. The facility is open from 8.00:17.00 a.m. to 25:26 p.m. Days off on which the Amethyst Radiotherapy Center in Krakow will not operate are: December 1, December 2020, January 6, XNUMX and January XNUMX […]
For cancer patients, the chances of preserving life and maintaining its quality are constantly increasing. The number of cancer cases is increasing throughout Europe and the United States. This is influenced by many factors, but one of them is the extending life of modern societies. 78 percent Amethyst Radiotherapy Center's patients are people over 60 years of age. […]
At the beginning of June, specialists from all over Europe met at an interdisciplinary radiology conference in Gelsenkirchen. Representatives of the Amethyst Radiotherapy group also participated. Ruhr Talks is a prestigious international radiology conference that took place this year on June 9-10, 2017 in Gelsenkirchen. The main topic was high-precision modulated radiation intensity, stereotactic radiotherapy [...]
