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We will review records at no charge and determine if stereotactic body radiosurgery is appropriate for you.

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Specializing in Stereotactic Body Radiosurgery

If you, or someone you know, have been diagnosed with cancer, Cancer Treatment Group offers the most advanced stereotactic body radiosurgery and stereotactic brain radiosurgery treatments. Stereotactic refers to computer-calculated coordinates that precisely aim and guide beams of radiation. And, unlike traditional surgery,stereotactic body radiosurgery is a non-invasive method that uses the highly focused radiation beams to attack the tumor and spare the surrounding tissue.

Stereotactic body radiosurgery is a highly successful alternative cancer treatment method performed as an outpatient procedure and given over the course of one to five (1-5) days. Because it is non-invasive, there are fewer risks for complications. Used to treat cancers of the brain and body sites including the lungs, liver, adrenal gland, kidney, spine, breast, and prostate, stereotactic body radiosurgery and stereotactic brain radiosurgery have a demonstrated effectiveness for treating newly diagnosed and recurrent cancers.

What is Stereotactic Body Radiosurgery?
Body Radiosurgery is pinpoint precision radiation using multiple, precisely contoured beams from many different angles -- all directed at the cancer - sparing normal and healthy tissue from exposure to harmful radiation.

Radiosurgery is the non-invasive delivery of precise, high-dose radiation which can be used in support of other cancer-treatment therapies or when surgery, standard radiation and chemotherapy are not active options or have not been previously effective. In other cases, patients may wish to avoid the undesired effects of chemotherapy or standard radiation. Because Body Radiosurgery is so precise, potent doses of radiation can be delivered over a shorter period of time. And, with higher radiation doses, fewer treatments are necessary.

The Staff
Physicians, physicists, dosimetrists, radiation therapists, nurses and other professionals are involved in the Radiosurgery treatment process. Radiologists, pathologists, medical oncologists and surgeons are also involved in the overall cancer treatment program.

Among other sites, Cancer Treatment Group Stereotactic Body Radiosurgery program can treat the following:

Medically Inoperable Lung Cancer
Medically Inoperable Lung Cancer is lung cancer that could be taken out surgically but the patient is not able to tolerate surgery because of advanced age, poor lung function, poor heart function, or generally poor medical condition. Stereotactic body radiosurgery could be used as an alternative to conventional surgery if the patient does not want to undergo a resection.

Liver Metastasis
Liver Metastasis is tumor deposits that originated from a cancer somewhere else in the body. When a patient develops isolated liver metastasis from a colon or rectal cancer, stereotactic body radiosurgery is highly effective at eliminating these tumors. The main alternative is conventional surgery, which can be debilitating.

Lung Metastasis
Lung metastasis is tumor deposits that originate from a cancer somewhere else in the body. Occasionally, a patient will develop one or two lung metastasis when they have no other cancer in them. These lung metastasis can be treated with stereotactic body radiosurgery with minimal side effects to the patient.

    With the most experienced team of stereotactic body radiosurgery professionals in the Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana areas, Cancer Treatment Group practices at several convenient locations. The facilities are equipped with state-of-the-art technology including the Elekta Gamma Knife, the Elekta stereotactic body radiosurgery system and Varian Trilogy. If you feel that you, or someone you know, might benefit from stereotactic body radiosurgery or Gamma Knife stereotactic brain radiosurgery please Contact Us or email us at rwctg@comcast.net