Radiation Oncology Overview

UAB Radiation Onocology offers our patients a knowledgeable, compassionate team of world-renowned physicians to care for you every step of the way. As part of the NCI-designated UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center , UAB Radiation Oncology works as a team with medical oncology and surgical oncology to develop a comprehensive individualized treatment plan for each patient with cancer or benign disease that can effectively be treated with radiation.

• Benign diseases
• Brain cancer
• Breast cancer  
• General urologic cancers
• GI cancers  
• Gynecologic cancers  
• Head & Neck cancers  
• Lung cancer  
• Lymphoma
• Metastatic disease
• Ocular
• Orbital tumors
• Pediatrics
• Sarcoma  
• Skin cancer   

• External Radiotherapies
  •   UAB Radiosurgery Program  
    •  Cranial Radiosurgery: Gamma Knife  
    •   Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy  
  •   External Beam Radiation Therapy  
    •   Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy (3D CRT)  
    •   Image Guided Radiotherapy Technology – RapidArc  
    •   Image Guided Radiotherapy Technology – TomoTherapy  
    •   Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)  
    •   Superficial Radiation Therapy  
    •   Total Body Irradiation (TBI)  
    •   Total Skin Irradiation (TSI)  
• Internal Radiotherapies
  •   Brachytherapy  
  •   Radioisotope Therapy