Radioterapia Botafogo offers the latest generation equipment to provide safer, more effective and less toxic treatments Our Teletherapy machine is a 6 MeV Siemens Mevatron LINEAR ACCELERATOR.

Treatments are planned with the help of a Picker SIMULATOR, which provides precise positioning of the radiation fields, directing the beams to the center of the tumors, and reducing the radiation-dose to the surrounding healthy tissues.

For more sofisticated techniques an Elscint 24OO COMPUTORIZED TOMOGRAPHER is utilized, which allows for a detailed visualization of the boundaries of the tumor to be destroyed, as well as of the organs and vital structures to be protected.

A sophisticated COMPUTER SYSTEM running PROWES softwares, version 3.0, specially designed for planning radiotherapeutic treatments, provides greater accuracy for all technical factors involved in each patient's treatment.

Conformal Radiotherapy is now possible since the recent addition of the
CAT-3D MEVIS planning system that improves treatment efficacy and safety by allowing planning to be performed in three dimensions.