TrueBeam - The world's fastest and most accurate radiotherapy technology

Helen Lau, a marketing director from Luton (England), is one of the first to benefit from the most advanced cancer treatment technology available today.Not only completely removing the tumor in the brain, TrueBeam radiotherapy also helped Helen recover her lost vision due to the effects of cancer.

In the dark and quiet room, two green lasers crossed across the mask of Helen's patient lying motionless on the bed. Above, a steel arm appeared and moved around her head. The blue diagonal marks the location for surgeons to project radioactive beams to destroy the tumor in the brain, which caused Helen's blindness. The blue mask, with a small hole in the mouth, is fastened to the bed to prevent Helen from moving, because if moved, a high-intensity X-ray beam can destroy healthy brain tissue. Within 2 minutes, the system stopped moving and the treatment ended. Helen, 39, was taken out of bed and sipped a cup of tea before returning home with her husband and 18-month-old son.

TrueBeam is considered to be the world's fastest and most accurate radiotherapy technique, giving hope to thousands of patients, especially those with deep tumor tumors. It helps solve tumors in just 2 minutes, 5 times faster than current radiotherapy. The number of treatment episodes also decreased significantly as the machine performed high-dose irradiation without damaging healthy tissue around the tumor. The comparison showed that patients with normal radiation therapy suffered at least 25 minutes a day, while Helen only needed 2 minutes a day, 5 days a week for 6 weeks. Recently, her last radiation treatment. 'What you hear is the hum of the machine, besides, it's all quiet and you don't feel anything. I'm really tired and down a bit after treatment. But now I'm fine , ' Helen said.

Since being equipped with the TrueBeam system in September, University of London Hospital (UCLH) has successfully treated 20 patients. Not only does it help eliminate melanoma in the brain, it is also used to prevent cancer cells in the head, neck and lung metastasis. Dr. Naomi Fersht, cancer specialist at UCLH described TrueBeam as 'modern, accurate and effective radiotherapy'. Previously radiotherapy patients with reduced memory or stroke due to healthy tissue damage, but research shows that TrueBeam minimizes the side effects mentioned above.

'Our goal is to not only prevent tumor growth but also ensure the quality of life of patients,' Dr. Fersht said. Currently TrueBeam radiotherapy machine, worth 3 million pounds (more than 97 billion VND), has been present in all public hospitals as well as private health services in the UK.