Now at Providence Cancer Center on the Providence Portland Medical Center campus, IGRT represents a great leap forward in the ability of radiation oncologists to deliver higher doses of cancer-fighting radiation to tumor cells while preserving healthy tissue.
IGRT’s innovation is the ability to make tiny adjustments in real time to account for a patient’s normal breathing and heartbeat. This dynamic approach pairs 3D imaging during treatment with radiation tailored to the exact size and shape of the tumor.
Because the treatment is more precise, higher doses of radiation can be used with fewer side effects on normal tissue. For patients, this can mean more cancer fighting power in faster and fewer treatments.
