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Lung Cancer Treatments &ndash: Radiation Therapy

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Radiation Therapy

Our radiation oncologists use the latest technology to target tumors in the lungs. Listen to Dr. Bernard Eden describe how different types of radiation therapy are used to treat cancer.

Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer

The lung cancer team at Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) provides a range of radiation therapy options to treat all types of lung cancer. Radiation therapy uses high-powered energy to destroy cancer cells, shrink tumors, and provide relief of common lung cancer symptoms.

Typical radiation therapy can be damaging to the lungs. In some cases, it may even make breathing worse than it was before. Our radiation oncologists use advanced radiation therapies, like TomoTherapy® and HDR Brachytherapy, to precisely target tumors and minimize damage to healthy lung tissue and nearby organs, like the heart. We also use radioprotective drugs to help protect healthy tissue from exposure to radiation.

Depending on your lung cancer, your CTCA care team will combine radiation therapy with surgery, chemotherapy and Interventional Pulmonology treatments.

Radiation therapy may be included in your individualize lung cancer treatment plan as:

  • A primary treatment.
  • Before surgery to shrink a tumor.
  • After surgery to eliminate any remaining cancer cells.
  • To treat cancer that has spread to other areas of the body.

We offer two primary types of radiation therapy for the treatment of lung cancer:

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