About Bone Marrow Transplant Services
We use a team approach to providing health care, and involve the patient as part of our team. nvolvement by our staff in the community enhances our ability to provide effective health care. The most common kind is external beam radiation therapy. This treatment uses a large machine called a linear accelerator. High-energy beams are aimed from the machine to a precise point on your body. Modern methods of radiation are precise. They aim beams directly at the cancer while protecting healthy tissues from high doses of radiation. But other types of radiation therapy exist, including proton radiation.
Radiation treatment that goes inside the body is called brachytherapy (brak-e-THER-uh-pee). Brachytherapy also is a common cancer treatment. During this therapy, a provider places a small solid implant in or near the cancer.
- As the only treatment for cancer. This is called the primary treatment.
- Before surgery, to shrink a cancer. This is called neoadjuvant therapy.
- After surgery, to stop the growth of any remaining cancer cells. This is called adjuvant therapy.
- With other treatments, such as chemotherapy, to destroy cancer cells.
