* The Trilogy* machine

Kritter
Kritter Member Posts: 147
in Head and Neck Cancer #1

Has anyone been treated with  * The Trilogy linear accelerator machine* ?

On the hospital website ( which I am going to ) , I read they say there are only 32 in the US and the hospital I am going to has one of them to treat cancer. ( There may be more now, unsure when they built and updated the website.)  

This makes me feel better about using a smaller hospital, as I know places like MD Anderson have a waiting list to get patients in at times. Even though I am only about 3-4 hours from there, I feel secure in using local Doctors. 

Kritter

 

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  • ratface
    ratface Member Posts: 1,337 Member
    #2
    Sounds Futuristic

    Please tell us more about it? As far as a local hospital I used one and it was just fine. You are right not to fret over that. Now please tell us all about this trilogy contraption?

  • longtermsurvivor
    longtermsurvivor Member Posts: 1,842 Member
    #3
    these are expensive machines

    What this says is that your center has dedicated the finances to keep things state of the art.  There is no reason to distrust anything about your choice for care.  MD Anderson gets put up as a standard on this board, and it is a very good cancer center.  The odds are someone who will be involved in your treatment was trained or on the staff there.  This makes them well trained. I think sometimes our posts tend to disuade people from staying locally, but if your read on  local care is positive, that's great.  That treatment will be about the same as you would get anywhere else that is practicing modern therapy.  It is for really advanced/recurrent cases where there may be differences.

     

     

    Pat

  • Kritter
    Kritter Member Posts: 147
    #4
    More on * The Trilogy Machine*

    I am reading more about this machine, but as I stated earlier I wonder if anyone has had treatments with it. Here is a link to the website from the hospital that explains it better than I could. I agree with it does sound futuristic. 

    http://www.lcmh.com/radiation-oncology      (You may have to copy to your browser)

    Kritter

     

     

  • Kritter
    Kritter Member Posts: 147
    #5
    longtermsurvivor said:

    these are expensive machines

    What this says is that your center has dedicated the finances to keep things state of the art.  There is no reason to distrust anything about your choice for care.  MD Anderson gets put up as a standard on this board, and it is a very good cancer center.  The odds are someone who will be involved in your treatment was trained or on the staff there.  This makes them well trained. I think sometimes our posts tend to disuade people from staying locally, but if your read on  local care is positive, that's great.  That treatment will be about the same as you would get anywhere else that is practicing modern therapy.  It is for really advanced/recurrent cases where there may be differences.

     

     

    Pat

    Machines

    They have won several national awards for their treatment care and facilities.

    I do have to say I know a few people who were dissatisfied with MD Anderson. They didn't feel as they they were being treated with care at times and were often overlooked and hurried in their appointments as the Doctors are so busy with too many patients to give them quality time. Again that is what I was told by them and not my opinion. 

    One of my ENT Doctors is actually from Oklahoma and moved down this way.  And very well educated in his field, in fact he is the one who found my cancer. Both of my ENT Doctors are very caring and take time to listen. I am still out on the  Radiologist as I haven't met him yet. 

    I look at it this way.. Not every Doctor can work at Md Anderson, or ones like it. So there may be Doctors who are just as qualified who don't like the Big hospitals. We just have to go with *gut* feelings on what is best for us..

    Kritter

     

     

  • phrannie51
    phrannie51 Member Posts: 4,716
    #6
    I was ready to pack

    up and head for Houston when I was first diagnosed.....then I found out my treatment here in Kalispell, Mt. would be the same as there.....actually, I could get Amifostine here, and they weren't offering it at MD Anderson.....I was glad to stay home.....be in my own house, with family close, my doggie at my side.....and 20 minutes from treatment.

    Sounds like the facility you're going to is state of the art.

    p

  • donfoo
    donfoo Member Posts: 1,771 Member
    #7
    loved it..

    I did my IMRT on the Trilogy. Fast. On a good day without the extra aligning up step and the techs weren't yakking about their weekend, it can take 10 minutes from time laying down to bouncing off the platform. Read my profile and there is a link to my very detailed blog. I wrote pretty much every day for the full six months from initial visit through recovery.

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