- Status Complete
- Type New application
- Pre-PASC consultation -
- Pre-MSAC consultation -
- Outcome Supported
Application details
Reason for application
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Service or technology in this application
Radiation therapy is a highly technical and complex procedure requiring accuracy of delivering the radiation beam to the target tumour of the patient. Each patient has an individual program which uses the information from planning tests to pinpoint the target tumour, and calculate a schedule that best targets the cancer while avoiding the normal body as much as possible. When IMRT is used, the planning calculations optimise each tiny part of the radiation beam(s) to produce a dose distribution that can be shaped very closely to the target tumour and reduce the dose to surrounding normal tissues. This enables tumoricidal doses to be given while keeping normal tissue doses as low as possible.
Medical condition this application addresses
Cancer is a range of diseases where abnormal cells grow rapidly and spread uncontrolled throughout the body. These cancerous cells can invade and destroy surrounding tissue and spread (metastasise) to distant parts of the body.
Application documents
PICO confirmation
Public summary document
Public summary document – Consumer friendly
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Meetings to consider this application
- PASC meeting:
- 16 to 17 August 2012
- 13 to 14 December 2012
- ESC meeting:
- 12 to 13 June 2014
- 8 to 10 October 2014
- MSAC meeting:
- 26 to 28 November 2014
- 1 to 2 April 2015