Radiation therapy is the treatment of cancer and other diseases with radiation. Although radiation damages both cancer cells and normal cells, the latter are able to repair themselves and regain normal function.
The Eastchester Center for Cancer Care offers state-of-the-art radiation treatment, such as IMRT and Radiosurgery, which allows higher doses of radiation because of the precision of this technology.
IMRT focuses radiation precisely to the shape and location of the tumor, and is able to control the intensity of the radiation within the tumor site. Because of this precision, the tumor receives a higher dose of radiation, while exposure to surrounding healthy tissue is limited. This offers a tremendous advantage over conventional radiation treatment.
Radiation therapy can treat localized solid tumors, such as cancers of the skin, tongue, larynx, brain, breast, or uterine cervix. It can also be used to treat leukemia and lymphoma.
Specialized forms of radiation therapy, such as stereotactic radiosurgery, which provides effective cancer treatment for brain cancer, and brachytherapy, also know as seed implantation, which is considered the state-of-the-art radiation treatment for prostate cancer, are also available at Eastchester Center for Cancer Care.
Patients may receive radiation treatment alone, such as for prostate or larynx cancer, or as part of a patient's cancer treatment plan. For example, a woman may have radiation therapy after breast cancer surgery.
At the Eastchester Center for Cancer Care in the Bronx, our board certified physicians employ a variety of cancer care options to help cure cancer and relieve a patient's pain |
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