Radiotherapy department, more than 70% of cancer patients need radiation therapy!

(Health Times reporter Qi Wei) At present, malignant tumors seriously endanger human health. Because of the general late ness of cancer in China, the mortality rate is higher than the global average, and tumors are the main cause of death among Chinese residents, both urban and rural.
in order to further improve the standardization of radiation therapy of tumors, promote the development and progress of multidisciplinary combination therapy in the field of medicine. Sponsored by the China Research Hospital Association and the Chinese Society of Biomedical Engineering, the Radiotherapy Department of the PLA General Hospital signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with the Institute of Nuclear Safety Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences at the "New Progress in Radiotherapy and the First Annual Meeting of the Professional Committee for Radiological Biology and Multimodal Diagnostics of Tumor Radiation."
the PLA General Hospital Radiotherapy Department and the Chinese Academy of Sciences Nuclear Safety Technology Institute signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement
Professor Qu Baolin, director of radiotherapy department of the PLA General Hospital, said that radiation therapy and surgery, chemotherapy and as the three major treatment methods for tumors. In developed countries, about 60 to 70% of cancer patients in different stages of treatment need radiation therapy, but the average of our country is about 30%, this is due to the radiotherapy department concentrated in some large cities, the popularity of radiotherapy is far from enough;Professor Qu Baolin, director of radiotherapy at the
PLA General Hospital,
patients in the past have some misconceptions about radiation therapy, arguing that radiation therapy can cause great harm to the body, or confusing the radiotherapy department with radiology. Professor Qu explained that radiation therapy is a local treatment of radiation to treat tumors, and radiology is the usual "CT", "filming" to go to the department, there is a big difference between the two.
radiotherapy is a local treatment, the harm is not as large as everyone imagines, radiotherapy methods, segmentation, frequency, exposure location, use of rays, individual differences, etc. , the impact on the body is also different, the need for individual treatment for the disease.
at present, radiotherapy technology is constantly improving, spiral tomography, stereotactic radiotherapy are currently advanced precision radiotherapy technology, has been able to control the disease very well, "catch" and "play right".Professor
Qu said that the radiotherapy department of the PLA General Hospital is one of the most complete departments in the world for radiotherapy equipment, with an annual outpatient volume of more than 25,000, and built a big data network information management platform to complete the finishing of raw data and new data collection of more than 40,000 cases. The Institute of Nuclear Safety Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is an innovative professional research institution that carries out basic, forward-looking and strategic research in the field of nuclear energy and nuclear application safety.
the two sides will carry out in-depth cooperation in the fields of basic research on precision radiotherapy, clinical trial research and radiation protection and its application, and realize strong combination and complementary advantages through the formation of joint laboratories and applications for national scientific research and engineering projects.
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