SBRT Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy

paris11

Hi my friends,

I dropped in from the Uterine board. Can anyone recommend an outstanding medical center for SBRT? Or better yet an outstanding Rad. for SBRT.

Thanks,

Starfish

VascodaGama

I Starfish
You can google
I Starfish
You can google about SBRT and get the name of instituitions, maybe closer to you. Here are some sites known to be excellent in SBRT;
http://lomalindahealth.org/medical-center/index.page
http://www.indiana.edu/~ocmhp/011802/text/protonintro.html
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/index.htm

paris11

VascodaGama said:

I Starfish
You can google
I Starfish
You can google about SBRT and get the name of instituitions, maybe closer to you. Here are some sites known to be excellent in SBRT;
http://lomalindahealth.org/medical-center/index.page
http://www.indiana.edu/~ocmhp/011802/text/protonintro.html
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/index.htm

VascodaGama Thank you.
Indiana is my neighbor. I'll check it out.

Best of luck to you.

Starfish

mrspjd

paris11 said:

VascodaGama Thank you.
Indiana is my neighbor. I'll check it out.

Best of luck to you.

Starfish

SBRT
Star,
I am aware of two manufacturers that provide SBRT medical equipment. One is Varian, the makers of Novalis TX. The other is Accuray, the manufacturer of CK, or CyberKnife. While both deliver SBRT, there are slight differences between the two brands/manufacturers (such as the real time tracking system). I believe both are equally good, however, the skill is in the dosimetrist and rad onc doing the pre tx planning. A search of any of the terms above with your search engine should give you some info as far as accredited tx centers, be they specialized centers or large teaching university hospitals, that use SBRT, i.e. stereotactic body RT, for tx of certain cancers.
Best,
mrs pjd

paris11

mrspjd said:

SBRT
Star,
I am aware of two manufacturers that provide SBRT medical equipment. One is Varian, the makers of Novalis TX. The other is Accuray, the manufacturer of CK, or CyberKnife. While both deliver SBRT, there are slight differences between the two brands/manufacturers (such as the real time tracking system). I believe both are equally good, however, the skill is in the dosimetrist and rad onc doing the pre tx planning. A search of any of the terms above with your search engine should give you some info as far as accredited tx centers, be they specialized centers or large teaching university hospitals, that use SBRT, i.e. stereotactic body RT, for tx of certain cancers.
Best,
mrs pjd

mrspjd thank you


"The skill is in the dosimetrist and rad onc doing the pre tx planning." I agree. I am looking for WORLD CLASS.

I will let everyone know my decision and reason for decision.

Best to all,

Starfish

mrspjd

paris11 said:

mrspjd thank you


"The skill is in the dosimetrist and rad onc doing the pre tx planning." I agree. I am looking for WORLD CLASS.

I will let everyone know my decision and reason for decision.

Best to all,

Starfish

starfish
One more resource you may find useful for researching your questions is a CK sponsored Q&A forum with several threads on uterine & ovarian cancers & CK. (Keep in mind that this site may be biased toward CK.)

http://www.cyberknife.com/search.aspx?searchtext=uterine

Hope this is helpful.