The Chivilcoy radiation center was recently activated. It is located at 171 rue Vicente Loveira and is intended for oncological radiotherapy treatment. The building has been constructed to all relevant standards and qualifications.
Dr. Mario Dinucci is the medical director of the Center and, in dialogue with LA RAZON, argued that the machine we are integrating is a last generation linear accelerator, with two types of energies, electrons and photons. All kinds of modern and high-precision radiotherapy treatments can be performed, which through the use of computers and images produce a very precise treatment to irradiate exactly where the radiation will be applied and not touch any. other organs or tissues that may be damaged. It seems very easy to say, from a technological point of view, it is complicated.
We are proud to have installed this center in an area that required this technique. Here’s a radiotherapy center with a cobalt machine, a long time ago, but it stopped working, he said, adding that we plan to serve an area of nearly 400,000 people, which is a profit for patients who require treatment because they do. not having to travel to other cities.
The medical professional said that the patient has to go to the place where the machine is located and that generally they are outpatient treatments of several days, between 30 and 50 days, every day. If we multiply it by 30 days of mobilization alone, if we multiply it by 30 days of mobilization alone, if we multiply it by 30 days of mobilization alone, a patient who has to travel to a center 150 kilometers away is a high economy. cost and also a loss of quality of life for the patient. Traveling is stressful, it is preferable to seek treatment closer to home.
We provide the service for some social works in Chivilcoy and now we are studying the possibility of reaching an agreement with the approval of OSECAC and PAMI. Little by little we will integrate all the providers. The directors of the Ministry of Health have also contacted us because they are interested in the service we provide, he said.
Dr. Dinucci said that the patient comes to the Center for the first time, referred by the surgeon or oncologist. An evaluation is done to determine the type and amount of radiation. Once treatment is decided, planning is done with a CT scan or MRI. All patients have to undergo an imaging study because the machine we have placed in the center works with images of the patient. We have to make a mold of the patient with three-dimensional tomography to locate the area to be treated and with a calculation process it is decided how to program the machine, so that it emits radiation in the place where it is going to be emitted. and not where it is not necessary.
We are capable of applying modern radiation therapy, that is, three-dimensional radiation therapy, intensity-modulated radiation therapy, and image-guided radiation therapy. If we have to treat the lung, when the patient breathes this organ moves and changes position, then this machine has the advantage of being able to follow the movement of the lung and not irradiate healthy tissue, he said, adding that we can do radioneurosurgery. , which is a highly specialized practice that can treat brain tumors with a very fine radiation beam and treat cysts or brain tumors. We also perform extracorporeal stereotaxic radiation therapy, for tumors outside the central nervous system, which is performed between two or four sessions to destroy tumor cells, replacing surgery in some cases.
The idea is that our affiliates at work can be served in Chivilcoy
Omar Bellicoso, director of social work at OSECAC, visited the clinic with LA RAZON and said that they invited me to visit the clinic and it is really amazing, with a construction that I never imagined. outside. It is surprising to know the bunker, where the famous machine is located, which is in the center of everything.
The idea is that our affiliates at work can be served in Chivilcoy. It is an extraordinary job and a necessity, not only for the city but also for the region. We must all make an effort so that this center is filled with patients who need to be treated in a center like this, he stressed.
Bellicoso recalled that patients who need rays are referred to the cities of Junn or the federal capital, so Chivilcoy deserved a center of these characteristics, with this technology applied for this type of cure. Nobody can be against, on the contrary, we will see if we can make a deal.
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