EmpowerRT.

EmpowerRT is a social enterprise startup spin off from the University of North Carolina.

Our mission is to see a world where people in every country can have access to standard of care radiation therapy, regardless of income.

Our mission is to help people in developing countries improve radiation cancer treatment with low cost solutions. We enable resource-limited cancer clinics reduce treatment toxicity, similar to modern technologies, at 5-10% of the cost.

Quickly learn who we are, what we do, and how we do it

New Features!

PHYSICS WORLD PODCAST

EmpowerRT was interviewed for the Physics World podcast! We talked about our motivation to start EmpowerRT, our approach to training in a partner clinic’s home setting so that we can directly cater our solution to their specific clinical needs, and our recent progress and future initiatives. We loved getting to discuss EmpowerRT in our own words with Dr. Tami Freeman and share the work that we care so much about. Give the podcast a listen!

Listen to the Physics World Podcast

PHYSICS WORLD ARTICLE

EmpowerRT was recently featured in Physics World! Check out the article, written by Dr. Tami Freeman, editor at Physics World, IOP Publishing. They believe in our efforts to do more with less in radiation therapy around the world. In the article we share our model to provide IMRT treatments at 5-10% of the typical cost, our launch experience in Zambia at the Cancer Diseases Hospital, and the exciting future directions and updates at EmpowerRT.

Read the Full arTICLE HERE

Personalized Cancer Care Anywhere

Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally, with an estimated 9.6 million related deaths in 2018. What is even more surprising is that approximately 70% of deaths from cancer will occur in Low to Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). This huge disparity between High-Income Countries (HICs) and Low-Middle Income Countries (LMICs) is simply unacceptable.

While there have been significant advancements in radiation therapy technology, these modern digital solutions are simply too expensive for cancer clinics in LMICs. These solutions are currently not affordable nor easily adoptable.

The Solution

EmpowerRT is a clinically-proven, low cost solution that empowers LMIC cancer clinics to provide 3D and IMRT radiotherapy that has been successfully used to control cancers in HICs; the same cancers that contribute to an extremely high mortality rate in LMICs.

All while using existing radiotherapy machines and current workflow.

Partners

Partner with EmpowerRT

Please Contact for more information or to partner with EmpowerRT to aid in the mission of providing people in every country access to standard of care radiation therapy, regardless of income.