It used to be that radiation therapy for prostate cancer involved weeks or months of repeat visits to a clinic for treatment.

Prostate cancer is Australia's most commonly diagnosed cancer. One in six men will be diagnosed by the time they turn 85. Cancers are abnormal groups of cells that grow uncontrollably and start ...

Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) also known as stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) is a precise, painless, non-invasive radiation treatment that utilizes very accurately targeted, large ...

[35–37] With restricted radiotherapeutic treatment options, investigators have turned to SBRT to provide radiation with intent to sterilize nodal disease without undue injury to the bowel and ...

Reirradiation can be offered but the amount of additional radiation that can be given is limited and there is an increased risk of serious complications. Stereotactic radiation therapy has been ...

Radiation therapy for gastrointestinal cancers is more precise and easier to tolerate due newer technologies and personalized care, according to experts.

The UAB Department of Radiation Oncology has partnered with Varian to develop a three-day conference that discusses and demonstrates stereotactic radiation (SRS) and stereotactic body radiation (SBRT) ...

Many men with early-stage disease are treated with stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), a highly precise form of radiation therapy delivered over just five sessions. It's faster and more ...

This allows higher doses of radiation to treat the area. The surrounding healthy tissues get less radiation. SBRT gives radiotherapy from many different angles around the body. The beams meet at the ...

The UAB Department of Radiation Oncology has a long history of excellence in radiosurgery, treating over 1500 SRS/SBRT cases annually. As the first institution in the U.S. to use Varian Edge Virtual ...

The UAB Department of Radiation Oncology has partnered with Varian to develop a three-day conference that discusses and demonstrates stereotactic radiation (SRS) and stereotactic body radiation (SBRT) ...