SOUTHWEST REGIONAL CANCER CENTER RADIATION SERVICES

805 W. 37th Street, Austin, TX 78705

Phone/appointments: 512-421-4280

Fax: 512-407-8453

In the ongoing pursuit of clinical excellence, Southwest Regional Cancer Center (SWRCC) has recently added radiation services to central Austin.  Using advanced radiation technology, our highly trained and experienced staff looks forward to providing individualized, quality care.

Treatment design begins with CT simulation.  Using the GE LightSpeed Simulator, cross-section images are obtained, allowing the physician to observe internal anatomy (tumor and organs especially) in the treatment position.  A 3-dimensional reconstruction of the patient is then developed for treatment configuration. 

Treatment design continues as a joint effort between Dosimetrist, Medical Physicist, and Radiation Oncologist.  Using a Varian Eclipse Planning System, customized plans are developed, from simple to extremely conformal Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT – designed especially for complex targeting and sparing radiation sensitive normal organs).

Radiation treatments are delivered using a state-of-the-art Varian 2100 IX linear accelerator, integrated to the system, insuring accurate delivery of the planned treatment.  This superb technology includes precise patient positioning, multi-leaf collimation and dynamic wedges (for rapid shaping of the radiation beam), On Board Imaging (OBI – to obtain immediate images confirming field accuracy) and cone beam CT (for visualizing internal anatomy within the treatment field).

In addition to external radiation, the SWRCC Radiation Center also offers high dose rate (HDR) implant services.  Our staff have considerable experience and expertise with this brachytherapy modality, in which highly conformal radiation is given to limited areas using catheters implanted into the tumor volume.  Example sites include the breast (using MammoSite catheters), prostate, and gynecological malignancies.

We pledge to provide timely, evidence-based cancer care, while maintaining the individuality of the patient.