New breakthrough in liver cancer treatment! Proton radiotherapy does not harm the liver.

1 73-year-old Ms. Chen accidentally found a liver tumor during the regular review of renal ultrasound, and the subsequent imaging examination was a tumor of about 3 cm. Because the tumor is located near the center of the liver, nearly half of the liver should be removed. In addition, due to old age and illness, family members are worried and scared, and they have visited the group doctors to see if there is any other way.

Linkou Chang Gung proton equipment is equipped with a mechanical arm treatment bed, which can correct the position and angle with six degrees of freedom. (Photo/Linkou Chang Gung Hospital) Ms. Chen's family was also treated at Linkou Chang Gung Hospital, so she sought treatment advice from Dr. Colin, a gastrointestinal hepatobiliary doctor. After Dr. Lin diagnosed Ms. Chen as primary liver cancer, she considered radiofrequency cauterization. However, because tumors are not suitable to be close to large blood vessels, traditional X-ray radiotherapy is too harmful to normal liver. Fortunately, Chang Gung Kee in Linkou built a proton radiotherapy center. Dr. Lin suggested that proton therapy could be considered and referred to the clinic of Vice President Hong Zhihong to evaluate whether it is suitable as a clinical trial case.

The side effects of proton radiotherapy will be reduced without nausea.

After Vice President Hong Zhihong carefully checked the test data and gave a cordial and professional explanation, Ms. Chen and her family's doubts were immediately eliminated and they agreed to enter the clinical trial and receive proton therapy for three weeks. There are no symptoms such as nausea and poor appetite common in traditional radiotherapy during the treatment. Until the end of the treatment, only the skin color of the radiation area was dark.

What is proton radiotherapy? Proton radiotherapy starts from the concept of people-oriented and the science and technology based on human nature, making anti-cancer a milestone in painless treatment. Proton therapy has this effect because protons only release a small amount of energy when passing through normal tissues, and only release a large amount of energy when reaching the depth of the tumor to be treated, while the normal tissues behind the tumor have almost no dose.

Proton radiotherapy kills cancer cells, but does not harm the liver.

On the contrary, traditional X-ray can treat deep tumors because of its strong penetrating power, but its penetrating power makes normal tissues before and after tumors vulnerable. The physical characteristics of proton radiotherapy make most normal livers have no radiation dose at all, so it can give tumors a high dose to kill cancer cells without harming normal livers.