Conditions - Radiation Oncology

Urethral/Penile Cancer

Urethral/Penile Cancer

Urethral cancer is the most rare of all urological cancer. Only 1 or 2 people out of 100 patients with cancer get this type. It is more common in men than women.

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Upper Urinary Tract Cancer

Upper Tract Tumor

Cancers of the upper urinary tract are relatively rare. The most common of all upper urinary tract cancers are those found in the renal pelvis and renal calyces. Cancer in the ureters makes up about a quarter of all upper urinary tract cancers.

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Testicular Cancer

Testicular Cancer

Testicular cancer happens when cells in the testicle grow to form a tumor. This is rare. More than 90 percent of testicular cancers begin in the germ cells, which produce sperm.

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Gastric Cancer

Gastric Cancer

According the American Cancer Society, approximately 13,020 men and 8,300 women over 20 years old will be diagnosed with gastric cancer in 2012. Two-thirds of those diagnosed with the disease are over the age of 65.

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Bladder Cancer

Bladder Cancer

Non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) is cancer found in the tissue that lines the inner surface of the bladder. The bladder muscle is not involved.

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Adrenal Cancer

Adrenal Cancer

While benign (non-cancerous) tumors in the adrenal gland are very common, cancers in or around this gland are very rare.

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Vulvar Cancer

Vulvar Cancer

The majority of cancer in the vagina is the result of the spread of a different cancer, such as cervical or endometrial cancer, into the vagina.

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Vaginal Cancer

Vaginal Cancer

The majority of cancer in the vagina is the result of the spread of a different cancer, such as cervical or endometrial cancer, into the vagina.

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Trigeminal Neuralgia

Trigeminal Neuralgia

Trigeminal Neuralgia, also known as Tic Douloureux, is a painful medical disorder, in which a person suffers repeated episodes of severe facial pain.

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Prostate cancer

Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer has a highly variable natural history, presenting a bewildering variety of treatment management options to the clinician and patient alike.

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Melanoma

Melanoma

The primary treatment for melanoma is surgical resection, typically including a wide local excision of the primary melanoma skin lesion.

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Lung Cancer

Lung Cancer

In the United States, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in men, and it surpassed breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer death in women in the latter part of the 1980s.

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Liver Cancer

Liver Cancer

The primary treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC – also known as hepatoma) is surgical removal, often by means of a complete liver removal and liver transplantation from an unrelated donor.

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Head and Neck Cancer

Head and Neck Cancer

Head and neck cancer may arise from the oral cavity, tongue, tonsil, throat (including voice box), nasal areas, and salivary glands among other areas.

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