What Are the Benefits of Adaptive Radiation Therapy?

What are the Benefits of Adaptive Radiation Therapy?

Adaptive radiation therapy has greatly improved the radiation therapy experience. This treatment’s ability to pinpoint and treat cancer without affecting other tissues minimizes side effects and collateral damage to healthy cells. 

No Discomfort

During adaptive radiation therapy, you will lie on a table. The device may rotate around you, performing scans. You will not feel the beams of radiation any more than you feel an X-ray. Your experience will differ depending on the area of your body being treated. 

More Effective

Adaptive radiation therapy can deliver multiple beams of radiation directly into the tumor, making the cancerous cells absorb all the damage. As a result, treatment maximizes the effects on cancer cells while minimizing the energy absorbed anywhere else. 

Safer

Older, less targeted forms of radiation therapy were at higher risk due to the exposure of healthy tissues to radiation energy. This could cause effects such as skin changes and burns. Ensuring all the energy is absorbed by cancer cells limits the effects on healthy tissues. 

Fewer Side Effects

People who have adaptive radiation therapy experience fewer side effects than those who have older types of radiation treatment. Side effects vary depending on the treatment area. Unlike chemotherapy, radiation does not spread through the body to affect healthy cells.