Active Surveillance

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Active surveillance is an approach to monitoring prostate cancer considered low risk for spread (clinically insignificant) and delaying treatment unless changes are noted that would indicate that the tumor is more aggressive requiring treatment.

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IGRT/IMRT for the Treatment of Cancer

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Unio Specialty Care offers advanced radiation therapy, including intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) to precisely target cancer cells, and image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) for highly accurate treatment delivery. This combined approach, also known as Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT), ensures optimal treatment precision in external beam radiation therapy.

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IGRT / IMRT for Prostate Cancer

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State-of-the-art radiation therapy at Unio Specialty Care incorporates intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) to allow the radiation dose to exactly match the highest cancer cell burden, and image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) to allow the delivery of each treatment with a very high degree of accuracy.

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Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer

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Radiotherapy is used for the treatment of lung cancers in various ways. In early stage disease, surgery is often considered the first choice, however radiation treatment, particularly with a method known as stereotactic radiosurgery can very successful in disease eradication and is the preferred method for some patients.

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