The Radiation Oncology Department has been equipped with four state-of-the-art systems that represent the latest evolution in global cancer treatment.
Advanced radiotherapy technology and clinical benefits:
- Halcyon®: high-precision therapies with shorter treatment times and minimal patient burden
- TrueBeam®: treatment of any anatomical region with accurate tracking of moving targets
- Edge®: fast, highly precise radiosurgery with real-time motion monitoring
- Bravos: automated quality assurance and MR-guided HDR brachytherapy
- Safer, more effective, and fully personalized cancer care through specialized clinical expertise
Metropolitan Hospital is the only center in Greece and among the very few in Southeast Europe and the Balkans to offer 3D MRI-guided brachytherapy.
Technology and clinical capabilities:
- Radiation shaped exactly to the tumor with full protection of healthy tissues
- Local control rates up to 95%; serious side effects <5%
- International expertise in gynecologic brachytherapy (8,000+ citations)
- MRI-compatible applicators for precise, image-guided catheter placement
- Αccelerated Partial Breast Irradiation completed in five days with fewer side effects
- Integrated oncologic care with Surgical & Medical Oncology, Imaging, Nuclear Medicine, Histopathology, and Molecular Biology
Director & Coordinator: Dr. Dimopoulos Athanasios, Radiation Oncologist
Dr. Dimopoulos studied Medicine at the Medical University of Vienna and completed his specialist training in Radiation Oncology at the Department of Radiotherapy and Radiobiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna General Hospital. He holds a Habilitation (Venia Docendi) from the Medical University of Vienna.
His professional experience includes clinical practice in Surgery and Internal Medicine at the Hospital of Eisenstadt, Burgenland, Austria (1999–2000), followed by a ten-year appointment at the Medical University of Vienna (2000–2010). During this period, he also served as Coordinator of the Brachytherapy Department (2006–2010). Since 2010, he has been Head of the Radiation Oncology Department at Metropolitan Hospital, Athens.
His scientific interests include R-IGABT (MR Image Guided Adaptive Brachytherapy), IMRT (Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy), VMAT (Volumetric Arc Therapy), IGRT (Image Guided Radiotherapy), Respiratory Management, SGRT Surface Guided Radiotherapy, SRS (Stereotactic Radiosurgery), SABR (Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy)
He has received international awards from the American Brachytherapy Society (ABS), the Austrian Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology (ÖGRO), and the Belgian Association for Radiation Oncology (ABRO/BVRO).