Gating Radiotherapy

Gating Radiotherapy

is an innovative process that uses advanced computer software to guide the delivery of radiation as a patient breathes. A tumor can sometimes move during treatment, especially if it is located in an area of the body that naturally moves as a result of respiration, such as the lungs, chest or abdomen. Respiratory-gated radiotherapy offers a significant potential for improvement in the irradiation of tumor sites affected by respiratory motion such as lung, breast, and liver tumors.