The Brown Cancer Center offers patients a broad scope of leading-edge technology and latest equipment that can be tailored to each patient’s needs.
TomoTherapy Hi-Art System®
The Brown Cancer Center was among the first in the United States to offer patients treatment with the TomoTherapy Hi-Art System®, the most advanced form of radiation therapy available. It provides 3-D imaging immediately prior to each treatment to verify the location of a patient’s tumor, then delivers painless and precise radiation therapy from 360 degrees. This allows for a more accurate and more precise treatment of the tumor, while minimizing damage to healthy tissue. Some types of tumors can change shape or even shift from day to day. With TomoTherapy’s sophisticated form of Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT), physicians can be sure that each treatment is targeted right where it should be. The Brown Cancer Center is the only facility in the area where TomoTherapy is available.
The Trilogy™ System
The Trilogy™ System is the world’s first Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) system optimized for both conventional and stereotactic approaches to treating cancer. Trilogy’s 3-D system enables physicians to choose and use the most appropriate treatment for cancer in the body or the head and neck and to deliver the full spectrum of treatments, all on one machine in a single room.
Contura
Contura is the latest advance in Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation. By using a multi-channel catheter instead of the original single-channel version, Contura allows for much more customized and targeted application of radiation within the tumor site than previously possible. This advance also makes APBI available to women with smaller breasts or with tumors close to the surface, anatomic realities that may have disqualified them from traditional APBI. (Learn More)
Mobetron
The Brown Cancer Center is the third facility in the world to use the Mobetron, a mobile linear accelerator for intraoperative administration of radiation therapy (IORT). This technology allows physicians to apply concentrated beams of radiation directly to the cancerous tumor when it is exposed during surgery. Because Mobetron produces an electron beam rather than the photon beam in conventional X-ray methods, it delivers precision high dosages of radiation safely to the patient. In addition, this equipment is mobile, can be used in an ordinary operating room without the expense of concrete shielding and patients don’t have to be transported to another part of the hospital for treatment. Mobetron reduces the number of outpatient visits and may increase survival with fewer side effects. The Brown Cancer Center is the only cancer facility in Kentucky where Mobetron is available.
The Brown Cancer Center offers patients a broad scope of leading-edge technology and latest equipment that can be tailored to each patient’s needs.
TomoTherapy Hi-Art System®
The Brown Cancer Center was among the first in the United States to offer patients treatment with the TomoTherapy Hi-Art System®, the most advanced form of radiation therapy available. It provides 3-D imaging immediately prior to each treatment to verify the location of a patient’s tumor, then delivers painless and precise radiation therapy from 360 degrees. This allows for a more accurate and more precise treatment of the tumor, while minimizing damage to healthy tissue. Some types of tumors can change shape or even shift from day to day. With TomoTherapy’s sophisticated form of Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT), physicians can be sure that each treatment is targeted right where it should be. The Brown Cancer Center is the only facility in the area where TomoTherapy is available.
The Trilogy™ System
The Trilogy™ System is the world’s first Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) system optimized for both conventional and stereotactic approaches to treating cancer. Trilogy’s 3-D system enables physicians to choose and use the most appropriate treatment for cancer in the body or the head and neck and to deliver the full spectrum of treatments, all on one machine in a single room.
Contura
Contura is the latest advance in Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation. By using a multi-channel catheter instead of the original single-channel version, Contura allows for much more customized and targeted application of radiation within the tumor site than previously possible. This advance also makes APBI available to women with smaller breasts or with tumors close to the surface, anatomic realities that may have disqualified them from traditional APBI. (Learn More)
Mobetron
The Brown Cancer Center is the third facility in the world to use the Mobetron, a mobile linear accelerator for intraoperative administration of radiation therapy (IORT). This technology allows physicians to apply concentrated beams of radiation directly to the cancerous tumor when it is exposed during surgery. Because Mobetron produces an electron beam rather than the photon beam in conventional X-ray methods, it delivers precision high dosages of radiation safely to the patient. In addition, this equipment is mobile, can be used in an ordinary operating room without the expense of concrete shielding and patients don’t have to be transported to another part of the hospital for treatment. Mobetron reduces the number of outpatient visits and may increase survival with fewer side effects. The Brown Cancer Center is the only cancer facility in Kentucky where Mobetron is available.