UCSF Radiation Oncology department offers a comprehensive approach to patient care with a wide range of therapy modalities implemented by a staff of noted physicians, physicists and dosimetrists.
| Brachytherapy |
Brachytherapy refers to a method of delivering radiation to tumors by placing radioactive sources either directly into the tumor or very close to it. |
| CyberKnife |
The CyberKnife is a non-invasive radiosurgery system designed to perform tumor ablation at any site in the body. |
| Gamma Knife |
Gamma Knife is a non-invasive radiotherapy that delivers single high doses of ionizing radiation to selected, well-circumscribed targets in the brain to patients in an outpatient setting. |
| Hyperthermia |
Hyperthermia at very high heat levels can be used to kill small cancer tumors and at lower levels affects cells in such a way as to make them more susceptible to other treatments such as radiation and chemotherapy. |
| Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy |
IMRT applies computer optimization technology to medicine, allowing radiation intensity variations across each treatment field. |
| Intra Operative Radiotherapy |
Intra-operative radiation therapy (IORT) is the use of radiation therapy during a surgical procedure in order to deliver maximal radiation to a tumor while sparing adjacent normal structures. |
| Orthovoltage |
Orthovoltage is x-ray treatment used for cancers that are very superficial
on the body such as skin cancer. |
| Proton for Ocular Tumors |
Proton therapy is an extremely precise form of radiation treatment that is UCSF's preferred method of radiation therapy for ocular melanoma. |
| Three Dimensional Conformal Therapy |
Three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT) is an emerging technology in radiation therapy that involves multi-modality imaging techniques, accurate radiation dose calculation methods, computer optimized treatment planning, and computer-controlled treatment delivery. |
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