Professor Liv Veldeman shares insights and experience with Prone-Crawl on OABC

Oct 12, 2025

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Liv Veldeman, a radiation therapist at UZ Gent, explains: “Normally, women are laid on their backs during radiation treatment. We do the opposite and lay them on their stomachs. This allows us to use gravity to pull the breast away from the internal organs. As a result, we can reduce the dose to the heart and lungs.”
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Presenters:
Jan Van Delm

 

Henry van de Velde Awards 2025 honors OABC

Jan 21, 2025

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The Open Access Breast Couch by Radion-D has been honored with the prestigious Golden Henry van de Velde Award 25 in the Business Innovation category, while also receiving the Public Prize.
This groundbreaking prone positioning platform for breast radiotherapy represents a major step forward in cancer care, offering patients a more comfortable and effective treatment method. By enabling precise positioning, the Open Access Breast Couch significantly reduces radiation exposure to the heart and lungs, thereby minimizing the long-term side effects of radiotherapy for breast cancer patients.
The recognition with both the Golden Award and the Public Prize underlines not only the medical and technological excellence of the innovation but also its strong societal impact.

OABC to improve prognosis and quality of life for breast cancer patients

OABC to improve prognosis and quality of life for breast cancer patients

Up to 70% less harmfull radiation

With a comfortable massage-like posture

Up to 70% less harmfull radiation

OABC BC5

After years of dedicated research and precision engineering, the OABC BC5 is finally here. This groundbreaking advancement sets a new benchmark in safety, comfort and reliability. Get ready to experience the future - today.

Prone - Crawl

Traditionally, breast cancer radiotherapy was delivered in the Supine position — patients lying face-up. But breakthrough clinical studies have revealed that treating patients in the Prone position significantly reduces acute toxicity and improves cosmetic outcomes.

Now, Prone-Crawl takes this evolution even further. By refining the Prone technique, it minimizes radiation exposure to healthy tissue, offering a smarter, safer, and more patient-centric approach to breast cancer care.

DIBH

The technique of deep inspiration breath hold (DIBH) during irradiation limits cardiac dose and prevents late cardiac events. Although less required, this technique can still be applied to further omtimize Prone-Crawl.
 

Scientific Support

We use multiplanar techniques to reduce the dose to the heart and lungs and guide your site on the training from coplanar planning to multiplanar planning.

Training

We’ve designed a hands-on training plan that empowers clinical teams with precision and confidence. Delivered in three progressive phases, the program ensures mastery of advanced breast cancer radiotherapy techniques:

  1. Phase 1: Right-sided breast radiotherapy
  2. Phase 2: Left-sided breast radiotherapy with Deep Inspiration Breath Hold (DIBH)
  3. Phase 3: Comprehensive irradiation of breast and lymph nodes — both right and left sides

This phased approach streamlines implementation, enhances safety, and supports optimal patient outcomes.

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