TomoTherapy®

TomoTherapy utilizes “intensity modulated radiation therapy”, or IMRT, which is a state-of-the-art radiation delivery system. TomoTherapy can treat difficult-to-reach tumors with new levels of accuracy such as tumors in the spine, head, neck, prostate, lung, liver, and brain. Our cancer experts are able to use higher radiation doses than traditional methods would allow in these areas, and yet spare more of the surrounding healthy tissue compared to standard radiation therapy.

TomoTherapy employs a powerful, advanced computer system to “map” the exact location of your tumor and plan a precise dose of radiation in three dimensions, based on individual tumor size, shape, and location. TomoTherapy also utilizes an “image guided radiation therapy”, or IGRT, which is a scan just prior to the IMRT treatment to ensure that radiation is delivered on “target”. Radiation is then directed at the tumor with pencil-thin beams that vary in intensity, which increase the accuracy of delivery.