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Florida Urology Center, a state of
the art facility is one of the only centers in the United States offering comprehensive radiation
therapy for urologic cancers with patient centered care. That means from initial diagnosis to final
treatment our team of caring, highly trained professionals are committed to placing your individual
needs and your family first.
Radiation Technology
Major
advancements are taking place in the medical community and radiation therapy is becoming less
invasive, more precise, and with fewer side effects. Our physicians are on the cutting edge of
new research providing specialized treatment for your medical condition. Florida Urology Center
has the most knowledgeable staff with the best resources and equipment
available.
Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy
(IMRT)
IMRT
revolutionized the delivery of radiation therapy and for many patients it’s an ideal treatment.
IMRT capitalizes on the basic concept of radiation therapy but takes it one step further,
delivering the radiation to the specific areas at risk while significantly reducing the
radiation dose to normal tissue.
How It
Works
Intensity
modulated radiation therapy uses computer controlled x-ray accelerators to shape radiation
beams to closely approximate the shape of the tumor. The normal tissue is exposed to less
radiation so the IMRT approach allows higher, more precise and effective radiation doses to
safely be delivered to tumors with fewer side effects compared with conventional techniques.
IMRT is a curative cancer treatment.
Advantages of
IMRT
• Increased
chance of destroying cancer cells
• Precise
radiation distribution
• Decreased
radiation to normal sensitive surrounding tissue
• Decreased
chance of harming normal cells
• Higher
radiation dosage to cancer cells
Image Guided Radiation Therapy
(IGRT)
IGRT, another
treatment to direct radiation precisely to the tumor, uses images taken immediately before
treatment. This reduces the risk of tumors shifting days before the procedure and spares
surrounding tissue from radiation.
How it
Works
IGRT inserts
tiny pure gold markers into the prostate to provide visible landmarks for tumor location.
Placing of the markers is fast and relatively painless. The heightened accuracy allows for a
more precise radiation dose and a more targeted area for treatment of the
tumor.
Advantages of
IGRT
• Increased
chance of destroying cancer cells
• Precise
radiation distribution
• Decreased
radiation to normal sensitive surrounding tissue
• Decreased
chance of harming normal cells
• Higher
radiation dosage to cancer cells
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