Overview

 

The Radiation Oncology Department at Duke University Hospital is equipped with 5 modern linear accelerators with both photon and electron capabilities, electronic portal imagers and on-board imager with cone-beam CT, dedicated CT-simulator, MR unit, and Varis vision integrating Eclipse treatment planning system and treatment delivery. Conformal/precision radiation therapy is used to treat a wide variety of tumor types. The Department of Radiation Oncology provides a full range of radiation treatment options includes three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy, intensity-modulated radiation therapy, image-guided radiation therapy, stereotactic radiosurgery, stereotactic body radiation therapy, 4-dimensional (respiratory motion synchronized) treatment, total-body photon irradiation, total skin electron irradiation, intraoperative radiation therapy, high-dose rate brachytherapy, prostate seeded implant, low-dose rate brachytherapy, and hyperthermia.

 

Our $7 million yearly research budget supports the Western Hemisphere's largest hyperthermia research program, investigations of tumor blood flow and angiogenesis, three-dimensional radiotherapy treatment planning, genetic imprinting and cancer, normal tissue tolerance to cancer therapy, cell aging, cellular messengers and cancer, gene therapy, intra-operative radiation therapy, intensity-modulated and image-guided radiation therapy, 3-D dosimetry, molecular and biological imaging, organ motion management and 4-D radiation treatment, stereotactic body radiosurgery, and a large number of clinical research protocols.

 

The faculty includes 18 radiation oncologists, 12 radiation physicists, and 4 radiation biologists. Among them, there are three Fellows of the American College of Radiology, one Fellow of the American College of Radiation Oncology, four winners of the Robinson Award for lifetime research achievement in hyperthermia, and four physicians listed in Best Doctors in America. The academic program of the Department includes a highly ranked residency program, post-graduate training in laboratory research and radiation physics, participation in the cancer biology study track for the Duke School of Medicine, training for medical students in radiation oncology, training of graduate students in medical physics.

 

 

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