Colorectal Cancer Radiation
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Radiation Therapy for Colorectal Cancer Treatment
At Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA), your doctors may recommend one of two forms of radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy) for your colorectal cancer treatment: external or internal. Both types of radiation work by using high-energy rays to eliminate any cancerous cells that may remain in your body.
External radiation therapy is radiation that comes from a machine outside the body to target internal organs and/or tissue affected by colorectal cancer within your body. Internal radiation therapy (implant radiation) is radiation that comes from radioactive material placed in the body near colorectal cancer cells.
Your colorectal cancer treatment team will work with you to determine which form of radiation therapy may be best for you. Our experienced team of cancer doctors, medical physicists, dosimetrists, and radiation therapists will coordinate and deliver your radiation treatment with precision and thoroughness.
The following are some of the radiation technologies available at CTCA for colorectal cancer treatment:
- Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
- TomoTherapy®
- High Dose Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy
- TheraSphere®
- 3D Conformal Radiation
Next Colorectal Cancer Treatment: HDR Brachytherapy