Cancer Treatment

New Technology for cancer treatments

New technology has made radiation treatment faster and more accurate. Syracuse Radiation Oncology is the first in the state of New York to use 'Rapid Arc'.

It is an addition to a radiation machine that uses a beam to target tumors quickly and accurately.

The image guided therapy is said to be 2 to 8 times faster than traditional radiation treatment. However, this isn't for everyone. Doctors say it is ideal for patients required to have radiation, and it can treat both head and neck tumors.

"This is a major breakthrough in cancer treatment. Because of its precision we're able to to give higher doses of radiation to the tumor and spare normal tissue structure," said radiation oncologist Neil Mariados.

There are only 40 places worldwide that have this technology and doctors expect it to become the standard for radiation treatments.