Radiation Oncology (sometimes called radiation therapy or radiotherapy)
Is the medical use of radiation in the treatment of various diseases, primarily
Cancer. The radiation is produced by different kinds of equipment, but all of them are used to destroy abnormal cells while preserving the normal, surrounding tissue. In many cases , radiation therapy is the single best method for the treatment of diseases such as cancer, but it also maybe combined with surgery and / or chemotherapy.
At Cebu Doctor’s University Hospital – Radiation Therapy Center (CDUH –RTC)
The treatments are given by a machine called a Varian Clinac 600C Medical Linear Accelarator with 80- leaf Multileaf Collimator which produces 6MV x –rays. The machine is located in a specially shielded room to protect both patients and staff during the treatment program . Providing radiation therapy is a team effort composed of radiation oncologist, assisted by a medical physicist , radiation therapy technologist , and a radiation oncology nurse. Each team member is trained , certified, or licensed as a specialist.
Dr. Philip Larrazabal
Radiation Therapy Center
Ground level beside Ambulance Parking Area
Cebu Doctors' University Hospital
+63(032)255-5555 loc. 341
