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Revista médica del Hospital General de México
versión On-line ISSN 2524-177Xversión impresa ISSN 0185-1063
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ESCOBAR-PERALTA, Elizabeth; GIL-GARCIA, Rebeca; QUEZADA-BAUTISTA, Abril A. y LOPEZ-RIVEROL, Otoniel. Helical tomotherapy: advanced radiotherapy technology. Rev. med. Hosp. Gen. Méx. [online]. 2022, vol.85, n.4, pp.179-184. Epub 23-Ene-2023. ISSN 2524-177X. https://doi.org/10.24875/hgmx.22000021.
Nowadays, technology has evolved considerably, and has made radiotherapy a sophisticated treatment due to it use high-precision equipment and advanced imaging techniques that guarantee an exact treatment that is reflected in the control of the disease with decrease in the toxicity that was previously present, and this is important because 60-70% of cancer patients will require this treatment at some point in the evolution of the disease. Among the new equipment to provide radiotherapy, there is the helical tomotherapy, which is a linear accelerator with many dosimetric advantages for the administration of treatment. To carry out this procedure, a series of steps are required from the assessment consultation by the radiation oncologist until the end of the treatment.
Palabras llave : Radiotherapy; Tomotherapy; Oncology; Hypofractionated radiation therapy.