Dr. Eric Sutphen M.D.

Board Сertified Radiation
Oncologist

World-Class Care

Gateway Cancer Center has a mission to deliver world-class, physician-led and patient-centered cancer care by constantly striving to be a leader in technology, expertise and patient experience.

To achieve this standard, we utilize only the very latest next-generation technologies and employ only the most talented
board-certified physicians, Ph.D.-educated medical physicists, and highly-trained dosimetrists, therapists and nurses.

We seek to foster only the warmest, friendliest and most caring atmosphere for you and your loved ones and to help you completely understand your condition, determine your best treatment options and get you back to a life complete with excellent health!

Radiation Therapy: What is it

Radiation Therapy is a form of cancer treatment that uses high energy x-rays to kill cancer cells. Radiation therapy, including intensity modulated radiotherapy, may be used alone or in conjunction with surgery or chemotherapy. Through years of research and experience, doctors specializing in radiation therapy have determined the optimum doses for specific types of cancer, optimizing the doze to the site of the cancer, while minimizing harm to healthy tissue. The Radiation Oncologist will select the type of therapy best suited for your particular case.

Advanced Radiation Therapy

IGRT is the most advanced form of radiation therapy available, in large part because it is so precise. Tumors can shift and move slightly between treatments and even during treatment because of normal physiological processes, such as breathing. IGRT uses advanced imaging techniques to verify your position and the tumor’s exact location at the moment of treatment.

Knowing exactly where the tumor is located allows clinicians to limit the radiation to the tumor as much as possible, thus maximally sparing the surrounding normal tissue. This accuracy results in higher radiation doses to the tumor and thereby increases the likelihood of controlling or eliminating the cancer.

Cone Beam CT (CBCT) Treatment

Cone beam CT has the capability of acquiring a 3D volumetric image of the patient in a single 360-degree rotation. It generates a 3D image of the same type that is used to plan the patient from the original CT planning session. Cone beam CT is capable of using either fiducial markers of bony anatomy to precisely position the patient for the most accurate treatment.

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