The Amethyst Group is successfully active in the field of radiation-based cancer therapy for many years. Our patients are our top priority. We are a reliable partner at your side, working individually, interdisciplinarily and innovatively with full commitment to achieve a successful treatment.
If you are diagnosed with cancer and would like to be treated at Amethyst, you will be cared for by a competent team of specialists in one of our radiotherapy centres. Only if we ourselves have the opinion that radiotherapy is the best option for you we will advise this treatment approach, the final decision of course is yours.
Making such a decision can be difficult. We advise you to calmly make a list of questions you would like to ask your treatment team, such as :
At the end, if you agree with our team’s recommendations and have consented the treatment, your individual therapy regime will be drawn up.
Your treatment plan will be drawn up very carefully by our specialists. We want to make sure that the cells affected by the cancer are given the highest possible dose of radiation, while the healthy cells near the tumour are damaged as little as possible.
To do so, a CT scan is done beforehand to find out exactly where the cancer is located and how big it is. If you are having radiotherapy to the neck or head area, a plastic mask will be made for you to wear during the treatment.
Radiotherapy is usually given every day for several weeks. Your treatment plan for this time will include the type and amount of radiotherapy you will receive. It will also specify the number and duration of treatment sessions you will need.
Most patients receive five treatments per week (one treatment per day from Monday to Friday, with a break at the weekends). However, it can also happen that the treatment takes place several times a day or additionally at the weekend.
In many cases, the radiation therapy is carried out as an external therapy. In this case, you take a seat on a treatment couch and a device directs targeted radiation at the body cells affected by the cancer. The treatment is administered from outside the room, but you are in contact with the specialist treating you at all times through a window, a camera and an intercom system. You must lie still during the treatment. The procedure usually takes only a few minutes and is completely painless. In most cases, you can go home immediately afterwards.
In some cases, a radioactive implant called brachytherapy placed near the cancer is a better choice than external radiotherapy. In this case, the treatment is carried out by one of our partner institutes.
Even though our therapy centres work with the most modern technology and the most experienced specialists, it can never be completely avoided that, in addition to the cancer cells, some healthy cells in the vicinity of the cancer are also irradiated and thus damaged.
Under certain circumstances, this can cause side effects such as
Many of the side effects mentioned above can be treated or prevented, and most disappear completely after the treatment is finished. With external radiotherapy, no radioactivity remains in your body as the radiation goes in and out.
If your therapy involves implants or injections, the radioactivity may remain in your body for a few days, so you may need to stay in hospital during this time and avoid close contact with other people as a precaution.
If you would like to be treated at Amethyst as a private patient, you must discuss this with your specialist and/or GP and obtain a referral from him/her. Your case will then be examined in detail by an interdisciplinary team of experts beforehand to decide whether radiotherapy treatment with us is suitable for you.
If you need any further assistance or information about referral for radiotherapy, please contact us using the contact form.
Together we achieve a smooth transition from the previous owner (practice seller) to the new owner (practice purchase by Amethyst),
from which all parties benefit: Seller, patients, intermediary and buyer. We will continue to provide a secure job for employees.
Then we cordially invite you to visit one of our existing centres. Get in touch with our doctors and our team on site and convince yourself personally
that Amethyst is the right partner for you.
