Treatment time

Heavy-ion treatment adopts a "five-day treatment, two-day rest" pattern. While ensuring the treatment effectiveness, it minimizes damage to the patient's body to the greatest extent. The time required for a single treatment is about 15 minutes, including 3-5 minutes for patient positioning, and only 5-6 minutes for the radiation to irradiate the target area.

Advantages of the "Five-Day Treatment, Two-Day Rest" Pattern:

1. Allows normal cell repair: While radiotherapy kills cancer cells, it also causes some damage to normal cells. Providing rest time enables normal cells to repair themselves, reducing the long-term harm caused by radiotherapy.
2. Reduces side effects: Continuous radiotherapy may increase the patient's discomfort, such as fatigue and skin reactions. A two-day rest helps alleviate these side effects and improves the patient's quality of life.
3. Avoids over-treatment: The dose and frequency of radiotherapy need to be reasonably controlled to avoid unnecessary harm to the patient from excessive irradiation. The "five-day treatment, two-day rest" pattern helps achieve this goal, ensuring the treatment effect while reducing the risk of over-treatment.
4. Improves the treatment effect: During rest, the patient's body has the opportunity to adapt to the stress caused by radiotherapy, thereby enhancing the effect of subsequent treatments.
5. Maintains the patient's physical strength: Radiotherapy is a treatment that consumes a significant amount of physical energy. Resting for two days allows patients more time to recover their strength and prepare for the next radiotherapy session.