In accordance with the requirements of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Occupational Diseases, the Regulations on the Administration of Health Review of Radiological Diagnosis and Treatment Construction Projects and other laws and regulations, on the afternoon of April 12, the Hefei Municipal Health Commission organized relevant experts to hold a technical review meeting on the design review of protective facilities in the "Report on the Pre-evaluation Of Radiation Occupational Disease Hazards in the Construction Project of the New Medical Electronic Accelerator Radiation Therapy Construction Project of the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine". After careful discussion by the expert group, it was unanimously agreed that the review would be approved.
Medical accelerators are one of the important means of treating tumors, which can be cured by radiation therapy alone, such as early nasopharyngeal cancer and inoperable early lung cancer; For common tumors such as locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma, lung cancer, and esophageal cancer, radiation therapy is an indispensable and important treatment method; In advanced malignancies, radiation therapy further prolongs the survival time of patients under the premise of combined with systemic effective treatment. Moreover, radiation therapy avoids the destruction of normal organs, preserves organ functions, ensures social interaction and quality of life, and radiation therapy plays an increasingly important role.
