Each year, nearly a half million people in the United States undergo radiation therapy. This treatment uses X-rays, electrons and gamma rays, alone or with surgery or chemotherapy (drugs), to stop the growth of cancer.
Members of your Cancer Care team at The University of Kansas Hospital are specially trained to treat various types of cancer with radiation. They include:
- Radiation oncologists (physicians)
- Oncology nurses
- Radiation therapists
- Physicists
- Dosimetrists (staff who makes sure a tumor gets the proper dose of radiation)
- A social worker
- A nutritionist
Your individual treatment plan will be presented and discussed by our experienced team of radiation oncologists, the chief radiation therapist and a nurse. Each member of the team will make recommendations regarding your treatment based on experience, research and mathematical equations developed from your digital imaging scans.
Learn more about the types of cancers treated through radiation therapy and the advanced treatment options available at The University of Kansas Hospital.
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