Radiation Oncology

Beaumont Health's radiation oncology department is ranked among the top in the U.S. for advanced technology, innovative cancer treatment programs, research, and professional and medical staff. So when patients come to Beaumont for cancer treatment, they can count on receiving state-of-the art therapies from the physicians who developed them.

Teams of professionals - doctors, nurses, physicists, biologists and radiation therapists - specialize in treating specific cancers, so patients know they are being treated by the best.

As a world leader in radiation oncology, Beaumont radiation oncologists offer the most innovative treatments available, many of which were pioneered right here at Beaumont:

• external-beam radiation - where radiation is delivered from an external machine to the tumor site or targeted location
• proton therapy - using pencil beam scanning for more precise treatment and fewer side effects
• Gamma Knife Radiosurgery - for brain tumors, vascular malformations and neurological disorders
• internal-beam radiation therapy/brachytherapy - radiation treatment given inside the patient with wires, seeds or rods