Radiation Therapy Services
Long Island - Suffolk County NY
East End Radiology's radiation therapy unit, also known as radiotherapy, treats cancer patients with the highest quality of radiotherapy services while maintaining a caring environment. Our part in your treatment is to fully understand all aspects of your radiation therapy options. If you are to be treated with radiation, then East End Radiology's radiation therapy team will work with your primary physician and and any additional specialists that may be involved to oversee your care. We will discuss the details of your radiation therapy with you and advise what to expect from your treatment including the role radiotherapy performs in your overall cancer treatment plan.
What is Radiation Therapy?
Radiation therapy is one of several treatments used to treat cancer by itself or can be combined with other forms of treatment. Radiotherapy can be the use of various forms of radiation to safely and effectively treat cancer and other diseases to cure cancer, control further growth of the cancer or to relieve other symptoms like pain.
Most cancer patients receive some type of radiotherapy as part of their overall treatment. Radiation therapy works by damaging cells. Normal body cells are able to repair themselves while cancer cells cannot.
New techniques that our radiation therapy team keeps up to date with can increase targeting the radiation to protect healthy cells.
Radiation may also be used to make any primary treatment more effective.
Read more about all the radiation therapy services available through East End Radiology.
What East End Radiology's Radiotherapy Services Can Do For You
Our radiation therapy team has continuously invested into multiple modality technologies and sophisticated diagnosis equipment. This ensures a level of care for patients that is equal to a university affiliated radiotherapy services unit. East End Radiology's radiation therapy services include:
- External beam radiotherapy
- Electron and photon beam treatment
- Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
- BAT Ultrasound localization and targeting system
- CT based treatment planning
- 3 Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy
East End Radiology believes in working in partnership with you so that the decisions toward your care are right for you.
lf you are a candidate for radiation therapy, allow our radiotherapy team to discuss all options in depth with you and determine the best course of action.
Contact East End Radiology today. We have available multiple radiology locations on the east end of Suffolk County Long Island NY. Get the quality care you deserve from East End Radiology. |