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Hospitals, Facilities and Services > St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan > Cancer Treatment


Radiation Oncology


Our Comprehensive Cancer Center's  Radiation Oncology Department  has some of the most advanced radiation therapy technologies designed to efficiently destroy tumor cells while sparing as much healthy tissue as possible. Our team of highly skilled specialists, including physicians, physicists, therapists, nurses and others, work collaboratively with each patient to design a customized plan of care. This multidisciplinary team approach helps to ensure that every patient's experience with us is as comfortable, pain-free and clinically successful as possible.

Procedures offered include:

  • Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
  • Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) 
  • Ultrasound-Guided Radioactive Seed Implants
  • Stereotactic Radiosurgery (Radiation Therapy) 
  • Respiratory Gating 
  • Brachytherapy
  • CT and PET/CT simulations for IMRT and
    3-D Conformal Radiation Therapy

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