Cancer patients can be treated with a new magnetic resonance linear accelerator (MR-Linac) at the National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (OncoRay) in Dresden in the eastern German state of Saxony. This would raise cancer treatment and research at the center to a new level and keep it at the cutting edge nationally and internationally, said Saxony's Science Minister Sebastian Gemkow at the inauguration. The device makes it possible to provide real-time images during radiation treatment for the first time. The State of Saxony provided almost nine million euros in funding for the investment, which included EU funds.
Saxony's state capital of Dresden is the first location in eastern Germany to be equipped with the accelerator and the fifth nationwide, joining Heidelberg and Tübingen (Baden-Württemberg), Munich (Bavaria) and Trier (Rhineland-Palatinate).
The 16-ton large-scale piece of equipment combines the technologies of magnetic resonance and a linear particle accelerator. This makes it possible to image the position of the tumor and its surrounding organs with high resolution and in real time during irradiation, allowing the smallest tumors in regions of the body that are difficult to access to be identified and safely irradiated, while at the same time not affecting healthy tissue. This will make treatment even more effective in the future, "allowing the lives of more people to be improved or saved," Gemkow said.
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