Polymedic Cancer Center

The continuing fight against cancer is a challenge the institution takes by heart thru quality radiation therapy sessions using high dose radiation which reduces tumor size and kills cancer cells.
  • 2D Conventional Radiation Theraphy
  • 3D Conventional Radiation Theraphy

About Us

The Cagayan de Oro Polymedic Cancer Center (CDO-PCC), an affiliate of the Polymedic Medical Group, is the first of its kind radiotherapy treatment facility in Northern Mindanao committed towards the safe, accurate and effective delivery of treatment doses to various patients with cancer.

Established in 2014, the Center is the commissioning site for ELEKTA Ltd’s 100th clinical Linear Accelerator (LINAC) Compact System. Elekta dubbed as one of today’s leading giants in consumer electronics and oncology healthcare.

Clinic Hours

Monday to Friday
7:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Contact Us

+63 (088) 856-6414

For Inquiries

You may visit us at the C/O Polymedic Medical Plaza, Brgy. Kauswagan, National Highway, Cagayan de Oro City.

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Frequently Ask Questions

What is Radiation Therapy? When Is It Used?

Radiation therapy uses high-energy particles or waves, such as x-rays, gamma rays, electrons or photons to destroy or damage cells. Other names for radiation therapy include radiotherapy or x-ray therapy.

Radiation therapy is one of the most common treatment for cancer. It is often part of the main treatment for some types of cancer, such as cancers of the head and neck, bladder, lunf and Hodgkin disease. Many other cancers are also treated with radiation therapy.

Thousand of people become free of cancer after radiation treatments, either alone or combined with other treatment modalities available such as surgery and chemotherapy.

How Does Radiation Therapy Work?

All cells, whether cancerous or healthy, grow and divide to form new cells. But cancer cells grow and divide more quickly than many of the normal cells around them.
Radiation therapy uses special equipment to deliver high doses of radiation to cancerous cells, killing or damaging them so they cannot grow or spread. It works by breaking a strand of the DNA molecule inside the cancer cell, which prevents the cell from growing and dividing.
Although some normal cells may be affected by radiation, most recover fully from the effects of the treatment. Unlike chemotherapy, which exposes the body to fighting chemicals, radiation therapy is a localized treatment. It affects only the part of the body being treated.

Do the Benefits Outweigh the Risks, Side Effects, and Costs?

Radiation therapy may be more helpful in some situations than in others. For example, some types of cancer are more sensitive to radiation than others, and some cancers are in areas that are more easily treated with radiation without causing major side effects.

Who Gives Radiation Treatments?

During you radiation therapy, you will have a team of medical professionals caring for you. Your team may include the following:

    • Radiation Oncologist: A doctor specially trained to treat cancer patients with radiation. He or she recommends your treatment plan.
    • Radiation Physicist: The person who makes sure the radiation equipment is working properly and gives you the correct dose as prescribed by your radiation oncologist.
    • Dosimetrist: Supervised or sometimes, the Physicist himself. This person helps the doctor plan for the treatment.
    • Radiation Therapists or Radiation Therapy Technologist: This person operates the radiation equipment and positions you for treatment.
    • Radiation Therapy Nurse: A nurse who has received extensive training in cancer treatment and can provide you with information about radiation treatment and side effects.

You may also need the services of a dietitian, physical therapists, social worker, dentist or dental oncologist, or other health care professionals.

How Is Radiation Therapy Given?

Radiation therapy can be given in two ways: as external radiation and as internal radiation. Usually one or the other is used, but some patients receive both types of therapy. External Beam Radiation Therapy or (EBRT) uses a machine that directs high-energy rays from outside the body at the cancer and some normal surrounding tissue. Most people received external radiation therapy over several weeks during outpatient visits to a hospital or treatment center.

Internal radiation therapy or (Brachytherapy) uses a radioactive source in the form of a wire or pellet that is usually sealed in a small container called an Implant. The implant is placed within the body into or near the tumor. The radiation from the implant travels only a very short distance, so it has very little effect on normal body tissues.

Sometimes after a tumor has been removed by surgery, radioactive implants are put into the area around the incision to kill any tumor cells that may remain. Implants may either be left within the patient as a permanent implant or they may be removed.

Another type of internal radiation therapy uses unsealed radioactive sources that are given by mouth or by injection and travel throughout the body. This type of treatment often requires a brief stay in the hospital.