Icon Oncology: Elekta ABC technology for patients

Icon Oncology employs the Elekta ABC (Active Breathing Control) system at some of our units. The system is designed to increase accuracy and reduce damage to health tissue during radiotherapy. Critical structures like organs are always moving with normal body functions. The ABC system teaches and helps patients with tumours in the left breast to hold their breath at a certain level to ensure that radiotherapy can be delivered accurately. The ABC system also helps us to plan and deliver more precise treatments by getting better data from simulations and CT scans. This is a gamechanger for left breast treatments ensuring critical organs like the heart is spared. It is also extremely effective for the treatment of difficult to reach tumours like lung and other thoracic cancers and certain liver and pancreatic cancers.