A cancer diagnosis can be frightening. At UT Southwestern, patients can take comfort in the experience and expertise each team member brings to help them on their treatment journey.
With some of the most sophisticated treatment machines capable of treating all types of cancer, our team of experts, which includes radiation oncologists, physicists, dosimetrists, radiation biologists, therapists, nurses, and other clinical staff, are specially trained to treat cancer. In addition, we work collaboratively with other departments such as surgical oncology, medical oncology, radiology, and pathology to provide each patient the most comprehensive and effective treatment plan possible. Our multidisciplinary approach coupled with the most advanced technology available means our patients have the highest possibility for superior treatment outcomes.
Treatment therapies are chosen based on each patient’s specific cancer and where it’s located. Through computer targeting, each treatment delivers a high dose of radiation precisely to a tumor, which kills cancer cells while sparing surrounding healthy tissue.