Proton therapy for gastrointestinal tumours
High-precision treatment that preserves the kidneys, intestines, liver and bile ducts
Gastrointestinal tumours are surrounded by vital organs — the kidneys, small intestine, colon, liver, bile ducts and stomach — which limit the dose that can be delivered using conventional radiotherapy. Many of these tumours are also located in areas that are difficult to access surgically.
Proton therapy allows radiation to be precisely targeted at the tumour site, minimising damage to adjacent healthy tissue, even in complex anatomical locations. The Cancer Centre at the Clinica Universidad de Navarra, with facilities in Madrid, boasts one of the world’s leading teams in hepatopancreatobiliary surgery.
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What are the causes?
The main risk factors include high alcohol and tobacco consumption, the combination of which increases the risk multiplicatively.
There are also precancerous lesions, such as caustic oesophagitis, Barrett's oesophagus, achalasia or Plummer-Vinson syndrome.
Barrett's oesophagus, associated with gastro-oesophageal reflux and chronic hiatus hernia, is the most important predisposing factor.
Other risk factors include a diet poor in fruit and vegetables, consumption of very hot foods, and foods containing nitrosamines (present in products such as beer, fish and processed meats).
Why at the Clínica Universidad de Navarra
The University of Navarra Clinic is an internationally renowned centre for the diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal tumours and boasts one of the world’s leading teams in hepatopancreatobiliary surgery.
Reference Center
The Clínica Universidad de Navarra is an international reference center in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, offering patients and their families access to an interdisciplinary approach to esophageal cancer.
A unique concept
First facility in Spain integrated in an Intrahospital Cancer Center, with all its assistance, academic and research support.
Advanced technology
As a highly complex center, we have the most advanced technology for the most accurate diagnosis in the shortest time possible.
The most precise radiation therapy for cancer
Most gastrointestinal tumours require a combination of treatments comprising surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy (in various forms, including intraoperative radiotherapy), all of which are available at the University of Navarra Clinic Cancer Centre.
Radiation Oncology
