Overview

The Department of Radiation Oncology at Duke University Medical Center provides state-of-the-art cancer treatment for a wide variety of tumor types. Radiation Oncology is a member of the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center  and participates with colleagues in Surgical Oncology and Medical Oncology to facilitate a comprehensive, multidisciplinary-team approach to the care of cancer.

 

Among Radiation Oncology faculty 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 Department of Radiation Oncology at Duke University Hospital is equipped with modern linear accelerators that have both photon and electron capabilities, plus electronic portal imaging and on-board imaging with cone-beam CT. The Department of Radiation Oncology provides a full range of radiation treatment options including conformal precision radiation therapy, brachytherapy, stereotactic therapies, and hyperthermia.

The academic program in Radiation Oncology includes a highly ranked residency program. Residents and research fellows participate in departmental research programs in clinical applications, radiobiology, hyperthermia, and radiation physics. In addition, Radiation Oncology faculty teach and mentor students from the Duke School of Medicine and the Duke Medical Physics Graduate Program.

Radiation Oncology faculty receive over $7 million a year in support of research in clinical investigations, radiobiology, radiation physics. The hyperthermia program at Duke is the largest hyperthermia program in the Western hemisphere.