New cancer equipment at Santa Cruz
A multimillion dollar project is under way to upgrade radiation equipment that will be used to treat thousands of cancer patients in Santa Cruz County.
Santa Cruz Radiation Oncology is buying a state-of-the-art linear accelerator (http://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?PG=linac)
The new accelerator, made by the Swedish company Elekta (www.elekta.com), costs $3 mil lion to $4 million. It will treat patients with electrons and photons, not just photons, and target multiple as well as single beams of radiation at cancer cells. Rather than using film that has to be developed, it will produce electronic images, speeding up treat ment.
The medical group's facility is the only one of its kind in the county, serving up to 60 patients a day, starting at 6:45 a.m.
Over a year, about 500 patients undergo two to eight weeks of radiation therapy, a component of cancer treatment that helps control the growth of tumors and improve survival rates.
Santa Cruz Radiation Oncology is buying a state-of-the-art linear accelerator (http://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?PG=linac)
The new accelerator, made by the Swedish company Elekta (www.elekta.com), costs $3 mil lion to $4 million. It will treat patients with electrons and photons, not just photons, and target multiple as well as single beams of radiation at cancer cells. Rather than using film that has to be developed, it will produce electronic images, speeding up treat ment.
The medical group's facility is the only one of its kind in the county, serving up to 60 patients a day, starting at 6:45 a.m.
Over a year, about 500 patients undergo two to eight weeks of radiation therapy, a component of cancer treatment that helps control the growth of tumors and improve survival rates.
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