Representatives of the "Aversi" group's member-organizations visited the radiotherapy department of National Center of Surgery.
26 June 2019
National Center of Surgery
Guests viewed U.S company Varian’s ultramodern and maximally sophisticated, clinically equivalent (twin), latest linear accelerators
The clinic’s director general, Lasha Bazadze explained to the audience, what are the methods of treatment and diagnostics of oncologic patients and that based on Tumor Board’s joint discourse and discussion, treatment tactics are individually selected for each patient.
The director general informed guests about the news at the radiotherapy department. In particular, National Center of Surgery soon will be equipped with the very first digital positron-emission tomography (PET/CT) in Eastern Europe and the post-soviet union sphere.
The presentation for the guests was prepared by radiation oncologists of the radiotherapy department, brachytherapists Irina Jobava and Lasha Goginashvili. During the presentation, oncologists reviewed several interesting clinical cases.
Control imaging examinations performed before and after the radiation therapy clearly demonstrates how effective this treatment method is.
It should be noted that radiation therapy in modern oncology is one of the main treatment methods that is necessary to use for min. 50% of the diseased people on different stages of the fight against cancer.
Radiation therapy impacts cancer locally to destroy cancer cells. It’s appointed to a patient in the radical (in order to be cured), neoadjuvant (for pre-operative preparation), adjuvant (as an assisting therapy in post-operative period) and palliative (for reducing the symptomatic caused by cancer and improving quality of life) regimes.
The innovative methods of treatment and diagnostics, ultramodern medical equipment – National Center of Surgery’s radiotherapy department ensures patient-individualized, medical evidence-based, high standard radiation therapy performance using modern technologies.
Following are conducted in the radiotherapy department : radiotherapy of central nervous system, head and neck, lungs, breast, gastrointestinal tract organs, urologic, gynecologic and oncologic diseases, lymphomas and hematologic cancers, bone and soft tissue, skin, brain and bone multiple metastasis using modern technologies of irradiation: 3DCRT 3 dimensional conformal, IMRT intensity-modulated, volumetric modulated VMAT (RapidArc), RGRT respiratory gated radiation therapy.
The chemotherapy unit successfully functions at the radiotherapy department, where patients diseased with cancer are treated according to the latest international protocols and guidelines. Medication treatment for solid malignant cancers is conducted in the clinic's chemotherapy unit: chemotherapy, hormonotherapy, immune and targeted therapy in neoadjuvant, adjuvant and palliative regimes as a monotherapy, as well as polychemotherapy. Depending on the cancer type, stage of the disease and patient’s general condition, treatment is conducted in an out-patient or hospital conditions. Treatment tactic is chosen individually using a multidisciplinary approach for each patient, meaning specialists from various fields jointly take part in patient's diagnostics and treatment processes.
Since the establishment of the radiotherapy department in National Center of Surgery, many patients utilized high-quality medical assistance using qualified medical staff and ultramodern technologies.
National Center of Surgery address: Tbilisi, Dighomi, Chachava N5 .
You may contact National Center of Surgery’s call - center at 577 119 119 or 2 02 25 25.
Wish you health!
Radiotherapy Department
Source: kirurgia.ge