Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis: Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)

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A Breakthrough in Cancer Treatment

The Baptist Center for Cancer Care is the first in the region to offer IMRT, a new radiation treatment for cancer care in adults.
Rather than having a few large radiation beams pass through the body, with IMRT the radiation is broken up into thousands of tiny pencil-thin radiation beams. With pinpoint accuracy, these beams enter the body from many angles and destroy cancer cells.
The advantages of IMRT include:
- Higher dosage of radiation to tumors and lower doses to surrounding healthy tissue
- Ability to safely treat tumors located near critical organs, such as the eye and spinal cord
- Reduced radiation side effects

IMRT may be used to treat the following types of cancer:

For more information about IMRT or radiation therapy, call the Baptist Center for Cancer Care-Memphis at (901) 226-0340.

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