Therapies and Technology

Our radiation oncologists provide specialized state-of-the-art treatments and therapies at the cutting edge of cancer care.

1. External Beam Radiation Therapy

• External Beam with 12 Varian Linear Accelerators including the TrueBeam Edge, TrueBeam and Trilogy
• 3DCRT/IMRT/VMAT 
• RapidArc
• Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)
• Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS): A dedicated TrueBeam Edge system that reaches sub-millimeter accuracy level including flattening filter-free (FFF) photon beam, HD-MLC, 6D couch, and optical surface monitoring system (OSMS)

2. Low-dose rate (LDR) Brachytherapy

• Radioactive iodine (I-125) seed implantation for prostate cancer
• Radioembolization or Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT) for liver tumors with SIR-Spheres Y-90
• Xofigo therapy treatment (radioactive radium Ra-223 dichloride) for prostate cancer metastatic to bones

3. High-dose rate (HDR) Brachytherapy

• State-of-are equipment: two Elekta Flexitron afterloaders and one Varian Bravos afterloader
• Intracavitary treatment of Gynecologic cancer with vaginal cylinder, Tandem & Ring, and Tandem & Ovoid applicators
• Interstitial treatment of Gynecologic cancer with Venezia applicator or needles with Syed templates
• SAVI treatment for breast cancer
• HDR brachytherapy for prostate cancer
• HDR brachytherapy for skin cancer

4. Hyperthermia Therapy

• Deep Hyperthermia Therapy (DTT) with BSD-2000 Microwave System
• External Hyperthermia Therapy (ETT) with BSD-500 Microwave System
• Interstitial Hyperthermia Therapy (ITT) with BSD-500 Microwave System

5. Respiratory Monitoring and Motion Management

• Breath-hold treatment with Vision RT system for breast cancer patients
• Breath-hold treatment with SDX breath monitoring system for thoracic and abdominal cancer treatment
• Abdominal compression with a belt in reducing the respiratory tumor motion for thoracic and abdominal cancer treatment

6. Proton Therapy

• Varian ProBeam Pencil Beam Scanning System with 4 rotational gantry rooms and 1 fixed gantry room
• Image-guided proton therapy with on-board imaging (OBI) system, CBCT, and Vision RT
• 6D robotic couch

7. Image Guided Radiation Therapy

• MV Portal Imaging
• OBI/CBCT
• Vision RT System/ AlignRT
• Calypso System

8. Imaging System for Treatment Planning

• Six CT scanners with 4DCT capability
• A Dual energy CT scanner
• A MRI scanner

9. Advanced Treatment Planning System (TPS)

• RayStation TPS from RaySearch Laboratories 
• Eclipse TPS from Varian
• Oncentra Brachytherapy TPS from Elekta
• VariSeed TPS for prostate seed implant from Varian

10. GammaPod Treatment Unit

• A dedicated device for early-stage breast cancer

11. Gamma Knife Radiosurgery

• Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion from Elekta, a dedicated intra-cranial SRS treatment Unit

12. GRID Radiation Therapy

• Single-fraction high dose (10-20 Gy) delivered to bulky malignant tumor
• GRID therapy with photon beam
• GRID therapy with proton beam
• Lattice radiation therapy (3D GRID)

13. Total Body Irradiation (TBI)

• TBI treatment with translational couch

14. Tumor Treating Fields (TTF)