Radiation Therapy

 

The Radiation Therapy Treatment Center is the most comprehensive facility in the Gulf region. Our tools and expertise offer most effective and advanced radiation treatments to patients, which reduce or eliminate the side effects. Our separate team of expert doctors treats specific types of cancer, from breast cancer to head and neck cancers to thoracic cancer,gaining vast experience. The department is accredited by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Atomic Energy Committee.

 

Scope of Services:

  • Linear Accelerators                                                        
  • Intensity Modulated Radiation Treatment (IMRT)
  • Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT)
  • Tomotherapy                                                                                                             
  • Stereotactic Radiosurgery SRS
  • Respiratory Gating
  • Deep Inspiration Breath Hold (DIBH) for Lt sided breast cancer                     
  • Intraoperative Radiation therapy         
  • Cyberknife
  • Brachytherapy for Gyn cancer        
  • Total Body Irradiation (TBI) for Bone Marrow Transplant                                                            
  • Gold Plaque Iodine125 for eye tumors in collaboration with King Khaled Eye Specialist and King Abdulaziz University Hospital     

Types of cancers we treat:

  • Breast cancer
  • Central nervous system tumors
  • Gastrointestinal cancers
  • Genitourinary cancers
  • Gynecologic cancers
  • Head and neck cancers
  • Lymphoma and myeloma
  • Melanoma
  • Sarcoma
  • Pediatric cancers
  • Thoracic cancers 

International Affiliations:                                                                                              

  • Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG)        
  • Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG now NRG)      
  • Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplantation (CBMRT)    
  • European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (EBMT)    
  • Medical Physics International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)