Doha, October 19 (QNA) – Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) National Center for Cancer Care and Research (NCCCR) has opened a modern unit that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to create individualized treatment plans for cancer patients in the radiation therapy department.
The new Adaptive Radiotherapy Unit uses AI capabilities to develop completely new treatment plans, commensurate with the changing needs of patients, where adaptive radiotherapy is customized using the artificial intelligence on a daily basis to compensate for changes in the patient, and improve the ability to target cancer, which leads to increased therapeutic effectiveness.
The new unit provides doctors with important information by tracking daily changes in the patient’s condition, suggesting improvements to be applied in the treatment process, adapting the distribution of radiation doses, and focusing on the treatment target area, thus enabling doctors to provide appropriate treatment to ensure the quality of therapeutic results and reduce the chances of patients being exposed to drug poisoning.
HMC’s Acting Assistant Managing Director Ali Al Janahi said that the new system confirms the HMC’s ongoing commitment to ensure that patients in Qatar have access to the latest technologies in medical treatment, pointing out that Qatar is the first country in the Middle East to have this pioneering technology, which is another example of HMC’s continuous pursuit to provide patients with the highest possible level of health care.
For his part, NCCCR’s Medical Director indicated that the new system used enabled doctors and specialists to conduct more targeted radiation therapy, thereby increasing the therapeutic effectiveness of certain types of cancerous tumors.
He said that the new technology used in the unit is considered a promising therapeutic approach for patients, and adds a lot to the therapeutic capabilities.
In turn, NCCCR’s Chairperson of Radiation Oncology Department Dr. Noora Al Hammadi stressed that some organs of the body that need radiation therapy change in shape and size during the days and weeks in which the patient undergoes treatment sessions.
She added that adaptive radiation therapy aims to follow up and monitor the variables, in size and shape, and deliver the appropriate radiation dose to the tumor suffered by the patient with maximum accuracy, thus improving the quality of care provided to patients who are selected for this treatment method. (QNA)
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