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Revolutionising Prostate Cancer Treatment with MR Linac

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The World’s Best

Built by Elekta & Philips, the pioneers in the field, MR Linac has the most powerful high-field (1.5 Tesla) MRI system and next-generation linear accelerator technology.

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The First in India

Yashoda Hospitals is the First and Only Hospital in India to have this superior, revolutionary technology.

What is MR LINAC?

MR Linac (Magnetic Resonance Linear Accelerator) is an innovative technology that combines a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device with a linear accelerator, offering a groundbreaking approach to cancer treatment. This technology allows for real-time visualisation of the tumour during radiotherapy, providing precise monitoring and positioning of the radiation beams directly over the tumour.

Scan-Plan-Treat

An innovative approach to ensure personalised and optimised care every step of the way.

Why Opt for MR Linac for Prostate Cancer Treatment?

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Precise Treatment Delivery

MR Linac technology revolutionises prostate cancer treatment by addressing the challenges posed by the prostate's anatomical position. It integrates MR imaging with the Linac system, allowing for real-time monitoring and precise treatment delivery.

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Reduced Radiation Exposure

The integration of MR imaging with the Linac system enables a reduction in the target volume margin, minimising radiation exposure to surrounding healthy organs. This helps to reduce potential side effects and improve the quality of life for patients.

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Preservation of Erectile Function

MR Linac's improved visualisation of soft tissue structures allows for better preservation of erectile function. By sparing critical structures such as the neurovascular bundle and the internal pudendal artery, the risk of erectile dysfunction after radiotherapy is reduced.

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Adaptive Capabilities

MR Linac's adaptive capabilities enable accurate dose escalation to the prostate and intraprostatic tumour lesions. With daily MRI images taken before, during, and after each radiotherapy fraction, treatment can be adjusted based on real-time tumour changes, ensuring optimal treatment outcomes.

Advantages of MR Linac for Prostate Cancer Treatment

MR Linac is a valuable tool for assessing prostate tumours and providing important information about extracapsular disease and the involvement of neurovascular bundles and seminal vesicles. It enables clear visualisation of areas such as the apex and bladder of the prostate, which are difficult to see using cone beam CT imaging.

One of the key advantages of MR Linac is its ability to directly track the prostate without the need for fiducial markers or invasive procedures. Additionally, it offers superior soft-tissue contrast and enables dose-free intrafractional imaging, allowing for imaging during treatment without delivering an additional radiation dose.

Comprehensive motion management is achieved through responsive automatic gating, which adjusts treatment delivery based on tumour motion, and quick correction of any movement that occurs during treatment. Real-time cine MR images are used to account for changes in tumour position during the treatment process.

MR Linac technology represents a breakthrough in radiotherapy applications, allowing for adaptive monitoring of tumour changes and precise delivery of high doses of radiation. The device’s superior imaging capabilities, compared to CT scans, provide detailed visualisation of tumours, surrounding tissue, edema, and inflammation. This high-definition MRI-based radiation therapy enables accurate tumour demarcation and personalised targeting of tumour cells while sparing normal tissue.

The advantages of MR Linac technology lead to significantly improved clinical outcomes, including enhanced local control, decreased toxicity, and a shorter course of treatment. This expands the scope of radiotherapy and offers new possibilities for treating prostate cancer more effectively.

Key Features

Real Time Visualisation

Due to body functions or changes in body composition, many tumours move during treatment and in between sessions. With its fast real-time visualisation capabilities, MR Linac helps to continually monitor these changes and re-optimize treatment plans.

Adaptive Personalization

Every patient has unique treatment needs, and by visualising the tumour’s position, size, and shape, MR Linac ensures high-precision tumour targeting while minimising damage to surrounding tissues.

Dynamic Seamless Session

With real-time adaptive capabilities, radiation is delivered with continuous target visualisation throughout the treatment process, allowing for real-time adaptation and adjustment of treatment plans to ensure optimal outcomes.

360° Care

MR Linac provides a comprehensive 360-degree view of the patient, leaving no room for the tumour to hide. This allows for accurate targeting of the tumour and delivers precise treatment.

AI Empowered

Enabled with intelligent software, MR Linac provides enhanced soft-tissue contrast and functional information for optimised radiotherapy treatment. This AI-powered technology ensures the most effective and personalised care.

High Precision

MR Linac’s high field MRI provides pinpoint accuracy, unparalleled soft tissue contrast, and real-time imaging for tumour tracking and targeting during radiation therapy.

Enhanced Safety

MR-Linac allows for daily dose reshaping and treatment adaptation, maximising the radiation dose delivered to the tumour while minimising radiation exposure to surrounding healthy tissue, lowering the risk of complications, and improving progression-free survival rates.

Best Outcomes

With optimised radiotherapy treatment enabled by real-time visualisation and adaptive personalization, MR Linac is designed to deliver the best possible treatment outcomes.

Why Yashoda Hospitals?

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Expertise and Experience

Yashoda Hospitals has a team of highly skilled and experienced healthcare professionals who specialise in using this advanced MR Linac technology to deliver precise and effective radiation therapy.

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State-of-the-Art Infrastructure

Yashoda Hospitals is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and advanced technology and is designed to provide the highest level of care to ensure optimal treatment outcomes for patients.

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Comprehensive Care

Yashoda Hospitals offers comprehensive care for patients undergoing MR Linac treatment. This includes a multidisciplinary approach involving radiation oncologists, radiologists, and other specialists working together to create personalised treatment plans and provide ongoing support throughout the entire treatment journey.

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Patient-Centric Approach

Yashoda Hospitals prioritises patient well-being and satisfaction, dedicated to providing compassionate care, ensuring patient comfort, and addressing any concerns or questions that may arise during the treatment process.

MR Linac Treatment Plan

When receiving treatment with MR Linac, your clinical team will provide a detailed explanation of the treatment process. Here is a concise overview of what you can expect:

Step 01

Consultation

Before starting radiation therapy, your doctor will discuss treatment options, potential side effects, and address your questions or concerns.

Step 02

Simulation

Special images of the body’s interior using CT scans or MRI scans will provide information about the tumour’s location, size, shape, and nearby organs.

Step 03

Planning

The expert team will determine the prescribed radiation dose as well as the precise radiation delivery sites by creating an individualised treatment plan.

Step 04

Treatment

At the start of each session, a new MRI scan will be conducted and compared to the planning scans, and adjustments to the treatment plan will be made accordingly.

After each treatment session, you can go home. Following the completion of radiation therapy, regular follow-up appointments will be scheduled for up to five years to monitor your condition. Attending these appointments is crucial, even if you feel well.

Our Team

Our dedicated team at Yashoda Hospitals is committed to providing you with the highest standard of care using this advanced technology.
“MR Linac at Yashoda Hospitals is the first of its kind in India, offering state-of-the-art technology that is transforming healthcare by integrating advanced imaging with radiation therapy, enabling medical professionals across multiple specialties to deliver personalised and precise treatments for enhanced patient care.”
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With the World’s Best & India’s First-MR Linac, Yashoda Hospitals is setting new standards in cancer treatment to help transform your journey to recovery.

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FAQ’s

What is MR Linac, and how does it work in cancer treatment?
MR LINACs (MRLs) are hybrid LINACs with a 1.5 Tesla MRI integrated into a Linear Accelerator. This combines real-time imaging and precise radiation therapy, which enhances treatment accuracy and reduces side effects, ultimately leading to improved treatment outcomes and a better quality of life.
How is MR Linac different from traditional cancer treatment methods?
The 1.5T MRI provides detailed visualization of the tumor and surrounding healthy tissues, enabling accurate delivery of radiation through adaptive treatment strategies like adapt to position (change in position) or adapt to shape (change in shape and/or size). Real-time imaging during radiation sessions tracks tumors and normal organs, facilitating dynamic adaptation by radiation oncologists.
What types of cancer can MR Linac be used to treat?
MR Linac can be used to treat all types of cancer, including cancers of the head and neck, cervix, breast, esophagus, lung, liver, prostate, pancreas, rectum, and benign and malignant brain tumors.
What are the potential benefits of using MR Linac in cancer treatment?
Potential benefits for patients undergoing radiation on MR LINAC are precision radiotherapy with improved tumor and normal structure visualization, real-time imaging, adaptive treatment planning, reduced normal tissue toxicity, improved patient safety, greater treatment flexibility, potential dose escalation, improved outcomes, and research opportunities.
How does MR Linac improve the accuracy of cancer treatment?
On the day of radiation, a pre-treatment MRI scan is done. This is followed by adaptive planning, involving real-time adjustments to cancer/tumor position, shape, or size and normal structures based on the pre-treatment scan. Subsequently, radiation is administered according to the daily treatment plan, during which real-time MRI tracking of cancer/tumor and normal structures is done. These integrated steps collectively contribute to minimizing side effects and enhancing treatment outcomes with less mortality.