Radiation Oncology

About Radiation Oncology

The Radiation Oncology Department at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) is one of the premier radiation treatment programs in the world. We are the radiation therapy team for Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center, and Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center. Our care providers will work with you and your other cancer care providers as a team to develop and implement a safe, customized radiation therapy plan that’s right for you.

New Innovative Treatments

Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center is proud to be the first cancer center in New England to offer access to cutting-edge, MRI-guided radiation therapy. It is a new high-precision radiation treatment that targets tumors with high doses of radiation while minimizing damage to normal healthy tissues. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) uses powerful magnets to generate images of your body and has several advantages over traditional X-ray-based imaging, including:

• Improved targeting of cancers located in soft tissues, including cancers of the breast, gastrointestinal tract, head and neck, lung, prostate, uterus and cervix, and a variety of other locations.
• Continuous imaging to track the location of the tumor during treatment.

This new MRI-guided radiation technology available at our center will help us to target your cancer more accurately and adapt the radiation plan based on where your cancer and organs are moving each day.

An Expression of Gratitude for Compassionate Care