Sep 26, 2018 | Chattanooga Prostate Cancer Treatment
SpaceOar Hydrogel and Prostate Cancer Treatment If your doctor tells you to avoid radiation because it will damage your rectum, you need to get a second opinion. Like most technology, radiation therapy has advanced tremendously and we now have a device that allows us...
Sep 26, 2018 | Chattanooga Prostate Cancer Treatment
IMRT vs Protons: The Information You Need to Make the Best Decision Many men with prostate cancer want to understand the difference between IMRT, conventional radiation offered by their local radiation oncologist, and specialized radiation with Proton Therapy. IMRT...
Sep 25, 2018 | Chattanooga Prostate Cancer Treatment
Pencil Beam Scanning: A New Type of Proton Delivery A lot has changed since I trained at the Indiana University Proton Center. Specifically, the development of a new type of proton delivery called Pencil Beam Scanning (PBS). The University of Pennsylvania has a well...
Sep 23, 2018 | Chattanooga Prostate Cancer Treatment
Proton Therapy Offers Many Benefits When Used to Treat Prostate Cancer As a radiation oncologist in Chattanooga, TN, I pride myself on offering my patients the latest in cancer care. I am now offering both conventional photon radiation locally here at Erlanger Health...
Sep 19, 2018 | Chattanooga Prostate Cancer Treatment
Proton Therapy for Chattanooga Area Residents I am happy to announce that I now offer cancer patients both conventional radiation (using photons) at Erlanger Health System as well as proton radiation at the Provision Proton Center in Knoxville, TN. Many patients ask...
