Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 21: American Oncology Institute (AOI) Jammu at ASCOMS Sidhra brought another first to Jammu by starting a well structured SBRT program.
The patients being treated by SBRT are first discussed with experts in the field. SBRT is a kind of precision radiation treatment to deliver focused high dose in short time targeting the tumor and sparing the normal tissues.
Dr Neeraj Bishnoi (Regional COO) said that in their endeavor to provide state of art cancer care services, SBRT services have been initiated in a well structured manner in which the plans were first discussed with Dr Suresh Chaudhary who is Chief Medical Physicist and Group RSO AOI with work experience from leading Cancer centers of India.
Vikrant Thakur (Facility Director) said that as a part of this initiative, a team led by Dr Deepak Abrol (Senior Consultant, Radiation Oncology), Manjinder Kaur (RSO), Gokul Anandan, Shubham Negi, Mandeep, Sehar, Mudasser and Anunay performed the SBRT of Tumor with upto 2 mm accuracy on state of art Halcyon Linear accelerator.
Dr Deepak Abrol said, “In this case, they used abdominal compression to reduce target motion. There are other techniques also, but each presents its own challenges. Various scans were registered to ascertain that the target tumor is delineated properly. The physics team performed the patient specific quality assurance by transferring the patient plan to slab phantom and calculating point dose also. To smoothen the flawless delivery process, dry runs were also conducted.”
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