 Mr. Chang, a 73-year-old man was experiencing symptoms of urinary frequency. Thinking it was simply a result of his age, he ignored it. However, the symptoms became so serious that he began to lose sleep at night, due to having to visit the bathroom every hour. After an examination at Kuang Tien General Hospital, he was surprised to learn that he, in fact, had Stage 2 Prostate Cancer. The director of the Radiation Oncology department, Dr. Wang suggested undergoing TomoTherapy technology combined with hormone therapy. According to Dr. Wang, traditional radiation therapy comes with side effects of painful urination and diarrhea. However, TomoTherapy greatly reduced the impact on internal organs thereby producing no side effects and furthermore corrected the patient’s urinary frequency. Today, the patient is cancer-free and only needs to attend regular checkups. This state-of-art radiation technology is good news for cancer patients and can be used in various cancer therapies.
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