New Generation Of Radiation Therapy More Precise - TomoTherapy for Treatment of Prostate Cancer

New technology being used to treat prostate cancer...also effective with treatment of other cancers...the specific region of the body is determined and body tissue and organs in the surrounding areas are protected...as this article states, the patient relates the process to something from "Star Wars"...as far as his experience...BD

"It was part of our physical therapy that we had a PSA blood test done. Without that, I may not have ever had it done," Dillman told 6News reporter Stacia Matthews.
That test spots prostate cancer in its early stage. Dillman had surgery to remove his tumor, but during a recent check-up, the PSA levels were elevated again. "I've had nine treatments now and I have no side effects," Dillman said. "I played golf and went racing over the weekend. It's not slowing me down any at all." In addition to treating prostate cancer, the machine can be used to treat head, neck and central nervous system cancers, as well as cranial tumors.
The machine delivers tens of thousands of radiation beams continuously in a full circle around a patient.