Total Body Irradiation (TBI)
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We use total body irradiation (TBI) for patients undergoing stem cell transplantation for the treatment of leukemia , lymphoma and multiple myeloma.
Like other types of radiation therapy, TBI destroys cancer cells. Because it targets the entire body, it also suppresses the immune system and kills diseased bone marrows cells.
We give TBI before a stem cell transplant to help the body make room for new, healthy bone marrow cells, and to reduce the likelihood that the body will reject the transplant.
TBI is typically given three times a day for several days. The lungs are shielded to lower the risk of damage from the radiation.
Radiation Therapy
- 3D Conformal Radiation
- Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation (APBI)
- BrainLAB SRS
- Calypso® 4D Localization System™
- Contura™
- Cyberknife (see Stereotactic Radiosurgery)
- Deep Tissue Hyperthermia
- External Beam Radiation Therapy (EBRT)
- Gamma Knife (see Stereotactic Radiosurgery)
- High-Dose Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy
- Hyperthermia (also see Local Hyperthermia, Deep Tissue Hyperthermia)
- Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
- Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)
- Intraoperative Radiation Therapy (IORT)
- LightSpeed RT
- Local Hyperthermia
- MammoSite® RTS
- Radioactive Protectants
- Rapid Arc™
- Respiratory Gating
- Radioiodine Ablation (see Systemic Radiation Therapy)
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS)
- Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)
- Systemic Radiation Therapy
- TheraSphere®
- TomoTherapy® HI-ART
- Total Body Irradiation (TBI)
- Total Marrow Irradiation (TMI)
- Trilogy™
