Procedures Performed
Today, an increasing number of patients have their cancers treated successfully, with few side effects and preservation of normal tissue, using radiation therapy. Radiation procedures are the careful use of high-energy radiation to treat cancers.
A radiation oncologist may use radiation generated by a machine outside a patient's body or with radioactive sources that are put inside the body.
Most Common Procedures
- Hyperthermia
- Brachytherapy
- External Beam Therapy (EBT)
- Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
- Proton Therapy
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Newest Procedures
- ABC (Active Breathing Coordination) for left-sided breast cancer
- VERT, Virtual Environment for Radiation Therapy
- 3-D Simulation Helps Patients See Radiation Therapy Plan Firsthand
- Intraoperative Electron Beam Radiation Therapy (IOERT): The Mobetron System
- Intraoperative Radiation Therapy (Breast)/Intrabeam
- Intraoperative Radiation Therapy/MOBETRON
- Intraoperative Radiation Therapy/MOBETRON 2
- TomoHD: Image Guided Radiation Therapy