Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center

Facilities include:

Technology

• Two Varian linear accelerators (True Beam)
• Two CyberKnife systems for cranial stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT)
• Dedicated brachytherapy suite
• High-dose-rate iridium-192 brachytherapy
• Dedicated computerized tomography (CT) simulator for treatment planning with 4D capability
• Dedicated 3D treatment planning system
• Optical Surface Monitor System (OSMS) for real-time tracking of body position
• Digital portal imaging system
• Remote after loader for high dose rate brachytherapy

Techniques

• 3D conformal radiation therapy
• Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) including Rapid Arc
• Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)
• Stereotactic radiosurgery
• Stereotactic body radiation therapy
• Real-time fiducial marker tracking for prostate cancer treatment
• Prostate brachytherapy
• High-dose rate brachytherapy for gynecologic malignancies
• Total body irradiation
• Respiratory gating and Deep Inspiratory Breath Hold

Patient care

• Prospective multi-disciplinary conferences for sarcoma, neuro-oncology, breast, lung, head and neck, genitourinary, gynecologic, gastrointestinal and hematologic cancers
• Multidisciplinary clinics for sarcoma, neuro-oncology, breast, lung, head and neck, genitourinary, and gastrointestinal cancers
• Clinical trials
• On site nurse navigators
• On site dietician
• Cancer support groups
• Local transportation services
• Genetic counseling