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Los Angeles Cancer Institute
860 Parkview Dr N | El Segundo, CA 90245
tel) 310.414.9990 | fax) 310.414.9920 | View a Map
Los Angeles Cancer Institute is a state of the art radiation oncology center which opened in March 2010. Treatment is provided by the physicians of Cancer Care Consultants Medical Associates, with Dr. David C. Khan as the Medical Director.
The center has distinguished itself by being one of the most advanced radiotherapy centers in West Los Angeles and South Bay.
Facility- LACI is a 12,000 square foot center dedicated to radiation therapy. Technologies include
- Varian iX linear accelerator with dual energies
- GE Lightspeed 4 channel CT scanner
- Varian Eclipse treatment planning
- Varian RapidArc
- Respiratory Gating
Treatment Modalities
RapidArc radiotherapy allows radiation therapy treatment to be delivered in a fraction of the time for conventional IMRT. Rather than using static beam angles, RapidArc continuously delivers raditation therapy in a single arc around the patient. The beam is continuously modulated around the entire target volume which results in a more efficient treatment delivery and less overall of radiation to normal healthy tissues. Less radiation to normal tissues results in fewer side effects to the patient.
With RapidArc radiotherapy technology, it can take less than two minutes to deliver sophisticated, IMRT-quality treatments in a single arc. By simultaneously modulating aperture shape, dose rate, and gantry speed at every angle, RapidArc treatments deliver continuously modulated dose to the entire tumor volume while sparing normal, healthy tissue.
RapidArc can deliver a complete volumetric IMRT treatment in a single rotation of the treatment machine around the patient. RapidArc software modulates the MLC aperture shape, dose delivery rate, and gantry speed throughout the rotation. In addition to being faster to deliver, RapidArc treatments are more efficient in terms of beam output, translating to less overall "scatter" and out-of-field dose to the patient.
The latest version of RapidArc further supports stereotactic applications by increasing the number of monitor units that can be delivered per beam (or per gantry rotation). |
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