Radiation Therapy

Cancer Center Adds New Dimension in Radiation Treatment

Published in Cancer Weekly, September 27th, 1999

The Comprehensive Cancer Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, has begun treating patients with a next-generation radiation therapy system that allows physicians to "shape" radiation treatments three-dimensionally to match irregularly contoured tumors.

This gives radiation oncologists the ability to deliver a full dose of radiation to the entire structure of a tumor while reducing the risk of damage to surrounding normal tissues, according to Ronald W. Thompson, MD, director of Radiation Oncology at Cedars-Sinai. While stereotactic radiation is used in other parts of the body, it is especially valuable in treating tumors in the brain and near...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (1999-09-27)

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