Argentina will be a pioneer in building a complex tumor treatment center

The Argentinean Proton Therapy Center (Cearp), whose full functioning it's planned for 2022it will be financed with public resources and the total investment is estimated at about $ 80 million.

"This will be the first in Latin America and will put Argentina and its health facilities instead of the preponderance in the region as a reference institution"Said Telam Marcelo Vázquez, a professor at the University of Health Sciences Loma Linda in the United States, the first center in the world in 1990 to use this type of treatment in a hospital.

IN ADDITION:

In an unprecedented operation, they separated two siamese together by the digestive and urinary system

As explained by the teacher, the treatment with protons help control radiation more precisely than conventional treatments, such as X-rays or gamma rays. "When pediatric patients need to be irradiated by brain tumors, for example, you can control the maximum dose of radiation at the tumor site and minimize the dose around, which is healthy tissue," said Vázquez.

The cearp will be built on land owned by the UBA, neighbors of the Institute of Oncology Ángel H. Roffo, also close to the Foundation of the Nuclear Diagnostic Center (FCDN), "thus forming a comprehensive advanced oncological pole for the fight against cancer", described Gustavo Santa Cruz, Director of Research and Development on Nuclear Applications to Health at CNEA, participating in the opening panel of the workshop.

On center features, Santa Cruz said that "will have nearly 8,000 square meters of area"And stressed that it" can be treated patients with pathologies that are difficult or impossible to resolve with other methodologies, such as tumors located near critical areas of the body or pediatric tumors. "