Treatment
The most comprehensive, advanced care available.
> Peritoneal Metastasis Program
> Radiation therapy
The UC Barrett Cancer Center at University Hospital provides an advanced and complete range of cancer treatment options. As a teaching institution, University Hospital offers patients access to the latest technologies and information, from medical to surgical to radiation treatment. Patients also benefit from multidisciplinary treatment programs that integrate various treatment modalities and options. Click here to schedule an appointment with one of our physicians.
Peritoneal Metastasis Program
The UC Barrett Cancer Center at University Hospital is one of only seven major centers nationwide to offer advanced treatment in combining surgery and heated chemotherapy for patients whose tumors have spread to the abdominal cavity. Physicians at University Hospital have treated patients from more than 30 states across the country for this state-of-the-art care.
Radiation therapy
Varian Linear Accelerators
The linear accelerator machines at the Barrett Cancer Center have a sharp radiation beam, which allows for very precise treatment, sparing unnecessary radiation to adjacent tissues. They are equipped with Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) capabilities—one of the most advanced radiation therapy treatments available. IMRT enables the dosage of radiation to be regulated in different parts of a tumor more effectively by targeting the most aggressive regions of a tumor with a higher intensity of radiation and deliver less powerful doses to areas near the surrounding healthy tissue.
Coming soon! IGRT capabilities from Varian!
LEXAR High Precision Linear Accelerator
The UC Barrett Cancer Center at University Hospital is home to LEXAR, the world’s first high-precision radiotherapy/radiosurgery technology for treatment of tumors in most parts of the body. With the addition of LEXAR, the Barrett Cancer Center was the first center in the Tristate area to use IMRT.
Brachytherapy
Brachytherapy is the use of radiation seeds placed directly into or adjacent to a cancer to deliver very localized radiation therapy—avoiding high doses of radiation to large amounts of normal tissue. Eye, tongue, soft tissue, brain, gynecologic, and other tumors are treated with minimal radiation to surrounding normal tissue. The brachytherapy program includes the use of high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy.
