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Contact Us
Regional Cancer Center: Radiation Oncology and CyberKnife®
8821 NE 5th St., Vancouver, WA 98664
360.514.1900
Monday through Friday: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Weekends and holidays: Emergency services, including radiation oncology treatments and infusions
24-hour on-call nursing triage
 Targeting Tumors with Precise Radiation
Radiation can be an effective treatment for many cancers. It is designed to work by preventing cancer cells from growing and multiplying. The goal is to slow or stop the tumor’s growth. In many cases the tumor may be completely destroyed.
Southwest offers several radiation delivery techniques, including the CyberKnife® radiosurgery system, Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), and more. These technologies avoid damage to normal tissue by delivering radiation to tumors with varying beam intensities, shapes, paths, and angles.
 Free! Download Southwest's brochure, Managing Radiation Side Effects, which introduces Southwest's Radiation Oncology team, provides helpful tips during radiation therapy, and describes practical ways to conserve your energy.
Southwest's Radiation Oncology Team
At Southwest, radiation treatment is a collaborative effort across many specialties: physicians, physicists, therapists, nurses, dosimetrists are all involved. Treatment must be designed for each patient, and it includes deciding different treatment energies, directing the precise location and angle of the beam, and discovering ways to modify the dosage.
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These doctors, called radiation oncologists, consult with patients, establish and execute treatment, evaluate treatment, and follow up to ensure the best possible care.
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These experts calibrate radiation oncology equipment and specifications of therapy equipment; perform acceptance testing and QA; measure, analyze and tabulate beam data; review patient charts; and provide radiation safety education.
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These staff members are responsible for proper simulation and delivery of radiation, use of equipment, implementation of the treatment plan, quality assurance and education.
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Our oncology-certified nursing staff include nurse navigators to guide you every step of the way throughout your journey with cancer.
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Our dosimetrist staff plans treatment and calculates the dose of radiation, measures radiation, assists the physicist with quality control testing and other staff with treatment plans. |
 Our Services
- CyberKnife® radiosurgery suite with precise robotic technology, cameras and speaker system for image-guided, bloodless surgery treatment
- Clinac 23X with dual-energy photon and electron beams
- Linear accelerators
- Diagnostic PET/CT
- Radiography-based simulation room and CT scanners
- Brachytherapy using CS 137
- Customized patient treatment device fabrication
- Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)
- Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
- MammoSite® and HDR referral to OHSU
Why Choose Southwest for Radiation Treatment?
Southwest’s radiation oncology experts are board certified. Southwest has been the only radiation treatment center accredited in the State of Washington and 1 of only 3 accredited centers in the Washington, Oregon and Idaho region. In addition, Southwest has the only CyberKnife® radiosurgery center in the greater Vancouver/Portland metropolitan area.
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