Leading-Edge Radiation Technologies in Central Texas
Patients in Central Texas have access to leading-edge radiation therapies. The types of therapy listed below provide patients with highly accurate, faster treatment while minimizing side effects and surrounding tissues.
Texas Oncology’s neuro-oncologist and radiation oncologists utilize leading-edge technologies in the fight against brain tumors and difficult to treat cancers. They include state-of-the-art,
non-invasive systems for treating cancerous and non-cancerous tumors.
Stereotactic Radiosurgery Offers Patients Faster Treatment and Recovery
Patients with difficult to treat or inoperable tumors can be treated with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), both powerful tools in the arsenal of radiation technology available for patients fighting cancer across Central Texas, from Williamson County to San Marcos.
Texas Oncology-Austin Brain Tumor Center provides treatment using both stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiation therapy, which afford faster treatment and easier recovery. These non-surgical procedures enable physicians to concentrate radiation doses directly on a tumor with pinpoint precision. Because SRS and SBRT are so accurate, very little radiation reaches surrounding healthy tissue or normal cells during the procedure. SRS is used to treat brain tumors, and SBRT is used to treat tumors in the lung, liver, abdomen, prostate, and head or neck.