Radiation Oncology

Radiation Oncology Office located at One Wyoming Street within Miami Valley Hospital and located at Samaritan Cancer Center, 9000 North Main Street

Radiation Oncology Services located at Both offices:

Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) uses low-dose radiation beams from many angles that converge on the tumor for a full dose of treatment. First, a multi-leaf collimator is used to outline the tumor so beams can be directed only at it and not at healthy tissue around the tumor. CT scans, PET scans, and MRIs are used to help determine the exact position of the tumor. Then a dosimetrist calculates the IMRT exposures and beam configurations needed to deliver the correct dose of radiation.

Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) hones in on bony structures and implanted markers to target the area to be treated. This can compensate for the patients being slightly repositioned from one treatment to the next to show the exact area.

Prostate radiation treatment options are available. Physicians and staff specialize in the treatment of prostate cancer. Prostate Seed Implant, IMRT and external beam are options available.

Services at One Wyoming Street Office:

High Dose Brachytherapy (HDR), a radiation source, such as iridium, is implanted at the tumor site for a period of time and then usually removed. This effectively treats the tumor site and helps ensure the health of other tissue.

Brachytherapy is commonly used for lung cancer and gynecologic cancer. This technique has also been used to put a radiation source directly into the breast. Brachytherapy can be performed along with external beam therapy. While the radiation source puts a high dose at the tumor, the external beam destroys cancer cells that surround the tumor.

Mammosite® radiation therapy is a breast cancer therapy process that happens over a few days. After the tumor is removed by a surgeon, a Mammosite® balloon attached to a thin catheter is placed at the tumor site. The catheter is used to migrate radiation seeds into the balloon. Treatment is typically five days. After this, the balloon is removed through the same incision that was used to remove the tumor.

Total Body Irradiation is a radiotherapy technique used to treat body undergoing some type of transplant.

Total Skin Electron Beam is used to treat Mycosis Fungoides or cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL). This highly specialized technology is availble at only a few cancer centers in the United States.

Services available at 9000 North Main Street Office

Radiation Oncologists work in collaboration with Good Samaritan Hospital’s Breast Center to evaluate patients for mammosite brachytherapy. Surgeons especially trained for catheter insertion refer to patients for brachytherapy treatment.

As a unique service, patients are offered an orientation class prior to starting their radiation therapy. This provides them with an opportunity to ask questions of staff, tour the area, and see the linear accelerators (treatment machines) in the department.