A composite system for radiation therapy includes a CT scanner for
checking the position of an affected portion of a patient to be
irradiated, an irradiation apparatus for disposing, on the basis of
positional information of the affected portion checked by the CT scanner,
the patient at a specific position at which the affected portion is
aligned to an irradiation position, and performing irradiation to the
affected portion, a common bed used for the CT scanner and the
irradiation apparatus, in a state that the patient lies on the common bed
and moving means for moving the patient from the CT scanner to the
specific position of the irradiation apparatus. The moving means moves
the patient on the common bed to the specific position by causing either
of linear movement of the CT scanner and the irradiation apparatus,
linear movement of the CT scanner and curved movement of the irradiation
apparatus, curved movement of the CT scanner and the irradiation
apparatus and linear movement of the CT scanner, linear movement of the
CT scanner and the common bed, and linear movement of the CT scanner and
curved movement of the common bed. With this composite system, at the
time of radiation therapy for tumor or the like, the affected portion can
be irradiated in a state that the position of the affected portion
aligned by a CT scanner is accurately kept. As a result, it is possible
to significantly enhance the control of the positional accuracy of the
affected portion in radiation therapy and hence to significantly increase
the effect of the radiation therapy.