Radiation therapy for cancer has traditionally meant daily appointments over several weeks — often 20 to 45 sessions. Adaptive radiotherapy changes that…
The cost of radiation therapy depends on your insurance plan, the type of cancer or condition being treated, how many treatment sessions your plan calls…
What Happens at Your First Visit to 5D Cancer Services? Your first visit centers on a consultation with the treatment team, a review of your diagnosis and…
When cancer spreads to a limited number of new sites, that's called oligometastatic disease, and it can often be treated with targeted radiation rather…
Grid irradiation is a specialized radiation delivery technique that splits a treatment beam into a pattern of small, high-dose spots separated by areas of…
Dose painting shapes radiation dose unevenly across a tumor so higher-risk areas get more, and simultaneous multi-target therapy treats more than one…
Most insurance plans — including Medicare, Medicaid, and major commercial carriers — provide some level of coverage for radiation therapy when it's…
Cancer treatment has a reputation for being slow — weeks of daily appointments, cumulative side effects, and a plan that doesn't change once it's set.…
If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with cancer in southern Utah, here's what treatment is available in St. George — including advanced radiation therapy options you may not know about.
Hypofractionation delivers a slightly higher radiation dose per session so the full course of treatment is completed in fewer visits than a conventional…
Can Radiation Therapy Treat Something That Isn't Cancer? Yes. Radiation therapy isn't only a cancer treatment — at low, carefully controlled doses, it's…
Daily cone-beam CT CBCT imaging, built directly into the Akesis Gemini 360, lets the treatment team see the exact position and shape of a patient's…
Adaptive radiotherapy treats gynecologic cancers — including cervical, uterine, and ovarian malignancies — by re-imaging and re-optimizing the radiation…
What Support Services Should Cancer Patients Look for During Treatment? Cancer patients typically need more than a treatment room and a chart number —…
Adaptive radiotherapy is a radiation treatment approach that adjusts the treatment plan in real time based on daily imaging of the patient's anatomy. At…