Treatments Offered at Southwestern
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CTCA at Southwestern Regional Medical Center (Southwestern) offers advanced, whole-person treatment options to fight cancer on all fronts. Your multidisciplinary care team delivers leading-edge conventional therapies in combination with supportive complementary medicine therapies—all under one roof.
The following list contains just some of the innovative treatment options available at Southwestern:
Diagnostics: Imaging & Lab Tests
- Angiography with 3D CT
- Biopsy
- Blood & Urine Tests
- CellSearch™ CTC Test
- Computed Tomography (CT)
- Multidetector CT scanner
- Siemens Multi-modality Workstation
- Spiral CT
- Flow Cytometry
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- MR Computer-Aided Detection
- MRI-Guided Breast Biopsy
- Mammography
- Digital Mammography Unit
- Mammography computer-aided detection
- Microwave Ablations
- Nuclear Medicine Imaging
- Point of Care Testing (POCT): Blood draws and lab testing performed at bedside/exam room
- Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
- PET/CT scan
- GE Discovery™ PET/CT 600 Scanner
- Respiratory Gating capabilities
- Sodium Fluoride PET/CT Bone Scan
- Prostascint Scan
- Tumor Markers
- Tumor Molecular Profiling
- Ultrasound: cardiac (echocardiogram), vascular and general
- Siemens ACUSON S2000TM Ultrasound System
- X-Ray
Advanced Cancer Treatments & Technologies
Surgical Procedures
- Brain Surgery (see Neurosurgery Program)
- Breast Conservation Surgery
- Breast Reconstruction
- Cystoscopy Surgical Procedures
- Debulking (Cytoreductive) Surgery
- Diagnostic/Staging Surgery
- Endoscopy, including, but not limited to:
- Colonoscopy
- Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)
- Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)
- Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA)
- Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)
- Stent placement / removal
- Nd: YAG Laser
- SpyGlassTM
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
- ERBEJET™ 2
- Excisions/Resections, including, but not limited to:
- Colon
- Liver
- Thyroid
- Kyphoplasty
- Laproscopic Liver Resection
- Laparoscopic Surgical Procedures
- Neurosurgery Program
- Palliative Surgery
- Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)
- Reconstructive Surgery
- Sentinel Node Biopsy
- Spinal Surgery (see Neurosurgery Program)
- Splenic Surgery
- Thorasic Surgery
- Vertebroplasty (see Kyphoplasty)
- Whipple Surgery
Radiation Therapies
- Calypso® 4D Localization System™/GPS for the Body®
- Deep Tissue Hyperthermia
- Local Hyperthermia
- External Beam Radiation Therapy (EBRT)
- High-Dose Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy
- Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)
- Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
- Intraoperative Radiation Therapy (IORT)
- Large Bore CT/RT with Simulation
- Local Hyperthermia
- MammoSite® RTS
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS)
- Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)
- TheraSphere®
- 3D Conformal Radiation
- TomoTherapy® HI-ART
- TrilogyTM
Chemotherapies
- Chemoembolization
- Chronotherapy
- Continuous Infusion Chemotherapy
- Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC)
- Intra-Arterial Chemotherapy
- Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy
- Intrathecal Chemotherapy
- Intratumoral Chemotherapy
- Maintenance Chemotherapy
- Metronomic Chemotherapy
Immunotherapies / Biotherapies
- Hematopoietic Growth Factors
- Hormone Therapy
- Interferons
- Interleukins
- Monoclonal Antibodies
- Ovarian Cancer Vaccine
- Provenge®
- Yervoy™ (for metastatic melanoma)
- Vaccines
Interventional Radiology
- Abcess drainage and fluid collection
- Angioplasty/stent placement
- Arterial infusion catheter placement
- Arteriography
- Biliary drainage
- Chemoembolization
- Kyphoplasty
- Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)
- Venography
- Vertebroplasty (see Kyphoplasty)
Interventional Pulmonology Procedures & Tests
- Airway Stents
- All Digital: Portable Fluoroscopy and X-Rays
- Argon Plasma Coagulation
- Balloon Bronchoplasty
- Bronchoscopies
- Autofluorescence Bronchoscopy
- Navigational Bronchoscopy
- Rigid Ventilating Bronchoscopy & Flexible Bronchoscopy
- CT Respiratory Gating
- Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS)
- Endobronchial Valve
- Fiducial Marker Placement
- HAST High Altitude Simulation Testing
- Interventional Angiography
- Lung Brachytherapy
- Lung Capacity Studies
- Medical Pleuroscopy
- Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)
- Pleurodesis
- Pulmonary Function Testing (PFT)
- Thoracentesis
- Transbroncial Needle Aspiration
- Nd: YAG Laser
Gastroenterology Procedures
- Gastrointestinal Surgery, including:
- Esophagus
- Stomach
- Small and large bowel surgery
- Rectum/Anus
- Metabolic/Nutritional Support
Interventional Endoscopy Procedures
- Argon Plasma Coagulation
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
- Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)
- Celiac Plexus Neurolysis (CPN)
- Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR)
- Fiducial Markers
- Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)
- Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)
- Video Capsule Endoscopy
- Single Balloon Enteroscopy
- Nd: YAG Laser
- Endoscopic Oncology
