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Types of Treatments

At UCSF Radiation Oncology,we are proud to offer the most advanced treatments in radiation therapy.
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Brachytherapy is a method of delivering radiation to a tumor by placing radioactive sources either directly into the tumor or very close to it.

External beam radiation therapy (EBRT) is a type of radiation therapy that directs a beam of radiation from outside the body at cancerous tissues inside the body.

Hyperthermia is a form of therapy that uses heat to enhance effectiveness of radiation and chemotherapy and to destroy tumors.

Image guided radiation therapy (IGRT) is a method of radiation therapy that incorporates imaging techniques during each treatment session.

Image guided radiation therapy (IGRT) is a method of radiation therapy that incorporates imaging techniques during each treatment session.

Intra-operative radiation therapy (IORT) is the use of radiation therapy during a surgical procedure.

UCSF’s Ocular Tumor Proton Therapy Program utilizes highly targeted protons to treat melanomas and other tumors that occur in the eye.

This system reduces the movement of tumors, allowing them to be treated in the most accurate way while patients voluntarily hold their breath.

The UCSF Radiosurgery program uses Gamma Knife and the most advanced linear accelerator technologies for treatment of various types of benign and malignant brain lesions

SBRT (also known as SABR) uses advanced linear accelerators with specialized imaging technologies, including CyberKnife, TrueBeam, and Versa HD to treat select tumors in a short time
Orthovoltage is a type of radiation therapy that utilizes X-rays which are strong enough to kill cancer cells but do not penetrate more than a few millimeters beyond the surface of the skin.

The process begins with the creation of individualized, 3D digital data sets of patient tumors and normal adjacent anatomy.

Total body irradiation (TBI) is a form of radiotherapy used primarily as part of the preparative regimen for haematopoietic stem cell (or bone marrow) transplantation.

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