VitalBeam is an advanced radiotherapy system that enables cancer patients
to receive advanced treatment without having to travel great distances.
VitalBeam’s technology has been designed to treat a wide variety
of cancers, including breast, head/neck, lung, prostate, and spinal tumors.
Enhanced Treatment Options
Now you can benefit from advanced radiation therapy for cancer closer to home.
VitalBeam provides fast, non-invasive, outpatient treatments for a wide
range of cancer types.
VitalBeam gives your doctor more tools to treat the most challenging cancers,
such as pancreas, paraspinal, lung, liver, breast, and prostate.
Peace of Mind
Three video monitors let the therapist watch you throughout the entire
process from outside the treatment room.
VitalBeam runs smoothly and quietly. Music can be played during treatment
to relax you and enhance your peace of mind.
With VitalBeam’s enhanced communication technology, your radiation
therapist can stay in constant voice contact with you, making it feel
as if the therapist were right by your side.
Fast, Precise Treatments
Automation of the system helps reduce your treatment time. Treatment are
typically performed on an outpatient basis, with most sessions taking
less than an hour, so patients can resume their daily lives.
VitalBeam’s imaging tools enable your doctor and others on your treatment
team to precisely pinpoint the tumor they are about to treat, monitor
its position during treatment, and make adjustments to your positioning
for greater accuracy.
When creating its 3-D images, VitalBeam uses an X-ray dosage that is 25%
lower than was possible with previous image-guidance technologies.
Tumors of the chest and abdomen move each time you breathe. When targeting
a tumor in these areas, VitalBeam continuously monitors its movement and
delivers radiation only when it is in exactly the right place. With respiratory
gating, the treatment beam automatically turns off when the tumor moves
outside the target area.
Varian’s RapidArc® technology, which is part of the VitalBeam
system, can deliver a precisely-sculpted 3-D dose of radiation to the
entire tumor very quickly, often in a single 360-degree rotation of the
machine around the patient, typically in only a few minutes.
Jose N. Galeas, MDHematology/OncologyDiagnostic & Medical Clinic 1700 Springhill Avenue
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