What is Lung Cancer?

Are there different types of Lung Cancer?

Who gets Lung Cancer and what are the risk factors?

What are the signs and symptoms of Lung Cancer?

How is Lung Cancer diagnosed?

Staging and what happens after Lung Cancer is diagnosed?

How is Lung Cancer treated?

What types of radiation technologies are used to treat Lung Cancer? (IMRT, IGRT and Stereostatic Radiosurgery)

What are the side effects of radiation?

What is Respiratory Gating?

How can I learn more about radiation therapy for Lung Cancer at ARC?

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The Radiation Treatment Process

Respiratory Gating is an excellent treatment for tumors in the lungs because tumors here can move as the patient breathes. With Respiratory Gating, the Advanced Radiation Centers physicians measure the patients’ range of motion when they inhale and exhale and customize the treatment field based on the way the patient breathes. This technology is unique because it synchronizes the delivery of radiation to the patient with his/her own respiratory cycle, sparing healthy tissue from being zapped, thus reducing side-effects. 

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