Treatments Offered at Southwestern
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CTCA at Southwestern Regional Medical Center (Southwestern) offers the best of conventional cancer treatments, such as surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Yet, we go beyond these disciplines to treat the whole person—not just the disease. Your multidisciplinary care team also offers complementary medicine therapies to support you throughout your care.
The following list contains just some of the innovative treatment options available at Southwestern:
Diagnostics: Imaging & Lab Tests
- Angiography with 3D CT
- Computed Tomography (CT)
- Multidetector CT scanner
- Siemens multi-modality workstation
- GE 16-slice CT scanner
- Spiral CT
- Extreme Drug Resistance
- Flow Cytometry
- Interventional Radiology Suite
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- MR-guided breast biopsy
- MR computer-aided detection
- Mammography
- Digital Mammography Unit
- Mammography computer-aided detection
- Microwave Ablations
- Natural Killer Cells
- Nuclear medicine imaging
- Point of Care Testing (POCT): Blood draws and lab testing performed at bedside/exam room
- Positron Emission Tomography (PET)/Computed Tomography (CT) scan
- Discovery™ PET/CT 600 Scanner
- Respiratory Gating Capabilities
- Tumor Markers
- Ultrasound: Cardiac (echocardiogram), vascular and general
- Siemens ACUSON S2000TM Ultrasound System
- X-Ray
Advanced Cancer Treatments & Technologies
Surgical Procedures
- Breast Conservation Surgery
- Breast Reconstruction
- Cystoscopy Surgical Procedures
- 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
- YAG Laser
- Spy Glass
- ERCP
- ERBEJET™ 2
- Excisions/Resections, including, but not limited to:
- Colon
- Liver
- Thyroid
- Kyphoplasty/Vertebroplasty
- Laparoscopic Surgical Procedures
- Palliative Surgery
- Radiofrequency Ablation
- Reconstructive Surgery
- Sentinel Node Biopsy
- Thorasic Surgery
Chemotherapies
- Chemoembolization
- Chemotherapy Resistance Testing
- Chronotherapy
- Intra-Arterial Chemotherapy
- Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy
- Metronomic/Fractionated-Dose Chemotherapy
Radiation Therapies
- Large Bore CT/RT With Simulation
- Local Hyperthermia
- External Beam Radiation
- High-Dose Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy
- Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
- MammoSite® RTS
- RapidArcTM
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS)
- Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)
- TheraSphere®
- 3D Conformal Radiation
- TomoTherapy® HI-ART
Biotherapies / Immunotherapies
Interventional Pulmonology Procedures & Tests
- Agon Plasma Coagulation (APC)
- Airway Stents
- All Digital: Portable Fluoroscopy and X-Rays
- Balloon Bronchoplasty
- Bronchoscopies (Rigid/Flexible/Laser)
- Autofluorescence Bronchoscopy
- Navigational Bronchoscopy
- CT Respiratory Gating
- Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS)
- HAST Testing-High Altitude Simulation
- Interventional Angiography
- Lung Brachytherapy
- Lung Capacity Studies
- Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)
- Pluerodesis
- Pulmonary Function Testing (PFT)
- SPY Glass
- Thoracentesis
- Transbroncial Needle Aspiration
- YAG Laser
Gastroenterology Procedures
- Gastrointestinal Surgery, including:
- Esophagus
- Stomach
- Small and large bowel surgery
- Rectum/Anus
- Metabolic/Nutritional Support
Interventional Endoscopy Procedures
- Ablative Treatments, including:
- Argon Plasma Coagulation
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
- Spy Glass
- Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)
- Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR)
- Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)
- Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)
- Video Capsule Endoscopy
- Single Balloon Enteroscopy
- YAG Laser
- Endo Capsule Endoscopy
- Endoscopic Oncology
