PO Box 15 145
Tauranga 3144
New Zealand
PO Box 15 145
Tauranga 3144
New Zealand
Phone (07) 929 7995
Fax (07) 929 7996
Email info@kathleenkilgourcentre.co.nz
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Radiation therapy uses targeted energy (e.g., X-rays, radioactive substances) to destroy cancer cells, shrink tumours, and/or alleviate certain cancer-related symptoms. It may be used:
Radiation therapy works by damaging cells. Normal cells are able to repair themselves, whereas cancer cells cannot. The time between daily treatments allows your healthy cells to repair much of the radiation effect, while cancer cells are not as likely to survive the changes.
Techniques used at the Kathleen Kilgour Centre allow doctors to optimally target the radiation dose to treat the cancer whilst protecting healthy cells.
Sometimes radiotherapy is the only treatment a patient needs, at other times, it forms one part of a patient’s multifaceted treatment regimen. For example, prostate and larynx cancer are often treated with radiotherapy alone, while breast cancer may be treated with surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
For more in depth information about how a Linear Accelerator works please view the following video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSgnWfbEx1A&list=PL18C46063BA30078D
https://www.healthpoint.co.nz/private/radiation-oncology/kathleen-kilgour-centre/