Prostate Treatment

The use of IMRT for prostate cancer has been shown to be an ideal application for this treatment technique. It allows clinicians the ability to improve the disease by increasing doses to the tumor, while reducing doses to critical structures. This results in reduced side effects to structures such as the bladder or rectum.

.decimal Compensator-Based IMRT has been used to treat prostate cancer from the beginning. Because of the high resolution, compensators work great with prostate cancer. If a clinic does not currently treat with IMRT for prostate, compensators are an exceptional clinical choice for treatment. Each beam gets its own uniquely designed compensator created from the optimization engine of the treatment planning system.

Another area Compensator-Based IMRT has shown many advantages is for large field prostates, such as those including regional lymph nodes. The fields can get very large and for some linear accelerators it may require splitting the fields to adequately cover the entire volume. With out compensators, this means the patient may experience more monitor units, resulting in more time on the table.