The Proton Therapy Centre is a Czech medical facility that helps cancer patients from all over the world get rid of cancer with the help of proton beam irradiation. Here, 95% of eye cancer patients have their vision preserved and the risk of complications is reduced by 70%.
The use of proton therapy to treat oncology in children reduces the probability of physical complications by 75%, increases protection of the respiratory tract and lungs by 60%, and reduces the probability of abnormalities in intellectual development by 27%.
The idea for the Centre was conceived by brothers Vaclav and Pavel Laštovka in 1999. In 2007, the Czech government provided free land for its construction. In autumn 2012, the Centre opened its doors to its first patients. About 2,500 cancer patients from all over the world come to the clinic for help every year.
The Prague Centre has 5 proton therapy rooms:
3 rooms with a rotating beam, which allows irradiating the tumour from all sides (if the tumour is difficult to access).
1 room with fixed irradiation, during which the proton beam is directed to a specific location of the tumour.
1 room (for patients with eye cancer) with a narrowly focussed beam and a special chair that fixes the head in the required position.
The hospital houses equipment from Ion Beam Application, a world leader in medical devices. Advanced computer and magnetic resonance tomography scanners allow specialists to establish an accurate diagnosis, and stage of cancer, determine the location of the tumour, see the speed of its development and select the most effective treatment.
The Centre treats all types of cancer of any stage by ultra-precise irradiation of the malignant tumour with a beam of protons.
This method is ideal for treating paediatric oncology, as it has a minimal risk of complications while maximising the destruction of cancer cells. While after classical chemotherapy, most patients experience nausea, dizziness, vomiting, fever, and bleeding.
Pros of proton therapy:
| Proton therapy |
| Consultation with an oncologist, radiologist |
| CT, MRI examination |
| Side effect monitoring |
| Personalised approach |
Proton therapy is considered the safest and most effective for the treatment of paediatric oncology. It allows to destroy the tumours and increases the chances of young patients for complete recovery.
This method of cancer treatment provides an opportunity not only to protect the child’s healthy organs but also to harmlessly increase the radiation dose for maximum effect by directing the radiation at the cancer cells with an accuracy of 1 mm.
By choosing the Czech Proton Therapy Centre for oncology treatment, you will receive:
Application of proton therapy in the treatment of brain tumours allows to increase the amount of irradiation of the malignancy by almost 30% and improve the effect of the procedure by almost 1,5 times.
Proton therapy doubles the survival rate of cancer patients with brain tumours because it protects sensitive tissues and organs located near the neoplasm.
Also, this method of cancer treatment in most cases saves the patient from the need for surgical interventions.
Almost 20% of patients have recurrences in the first 5 years after removal of a malignant tumour of the pancreas and chemotherapy.
Irradiation of a cancer patient with proton beams can reduce the radiation exposure to the spinal cord by 78%, protect healthy liver cells by 55% and prevent radiation from reaching the other organs.
Thus, proton therapy reduces the risk of recurrence and improves the results of pancreatic cancer treatment.
