Treatments Offered at Western
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CTCA at Western Regional Medical Center (Western) offers advanced, integrated treatment options to heal the whole person. Your multidisciplinary cancer 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 that are available at Western:
Diagnostics: Imaging & Lab Tests
- All Digital: Portable Fluoroscopy and X-Rays
- Angiography with 3D CT
- Cardiopulmonary Services
- Computed Tomography (CT)
- Interventional Radiology
- Intraoperative Ultrasound
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- MRI-guided breast biopsy
- MR computer-aided detection
- Mammography Suite
- Digital Mammography Unit
- Mammography computer-aided detection
- Nuclear Medicine Imaging
- Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
- PET/CT (with respiratory gating and Sim capable)
- Point of Care Testing (POCT): Blood draws and lab testing performed at bedside/exam room
- Radiology Information System: All digital, paperless environment (PACS, RIS, HIS, EHR) and voice recognition diction
- SPECT/CT camera for nuclear studies
- Tumor Markers
- Tumor Molecular Profiling
- Ultrasound: Cardiac (echocardiogram), vascular and general
- X-Ray
Advanced Cancer Treatments & Technologies
Surgical Procedures
- Breast Conservation Surgery
- Debulking (Cytoreductive) Surgery
- Diagnostic/Staging Surgery
- Excisions/Resections, including, but not limited to:
- Laparoscopic liver resections
- Kyphoplasty/Vertebroplasty
- Palliative Surgery
- Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)
- Reconstructive Surgery
- Sentinel Node Biopsy
Radiation Therapies
- Calypso® 4D Localization System™/GPS for the Body®
- External Beam Radiation
- High Dose Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy
- Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
- Large Bore CT/RT With Simulation
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS)
- Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)
- TheraSphere®
- 3D Conformal Radiation
- TomoTherapy® HI-ART
- Trilogy™
Chemotherapies
- Chemoembolization
- Metronomic Chemotherapy
- Intra-Arterial Chemotherapy (IAC)
- Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (IPC)
Biotherapies / Immunotherapies
Interventional Pulmonology Procedures & Tests
- Airway Stents
- Bronchoscopy
- CT Respiratory Gating
- Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS)
- Lung Capacity Studies
- Pleurodesis
- Pulmonary Function Testing (PFT)
- Thoracentesis
Interventional Radiology
- Abscess Drainage and Fluid Collection Management
- Angioplasty
- Arterial Infusion Catheter Placement
- Biliary Drainage
- Biopsy
- Bone & Joint Injection
- Mammography Suite
- Chemoembolization
- Cryoablation
- CT Fluoroscopy
- CT-Guided Biopsy
- Embolization
- Epidural Steroid Injection
- Feeding Tube Placement
- Fracture Care
- Inferior Vena Cava Filter
- Intraoperative Ultrasound
- Kyphoplasty
- Microwave Ablation
- Nephrostomy Drainage
- Nerve Block
- Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) Placement
- Port Placement
- Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)
- Stent Placement
- Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
- TheraSphere®
- Thrombolysis
- Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS)
- Trellis®Peripheral Infusion System
- Venography
- Vertebroplasty
