Technology

Midwest Cancer Care offers some of the most advanced technologies available to diagnose and treat cancer:

CyberKnife®: A radiation treatment that pinpoints and destroys harmful tumors without surgery or anesthesia, and with few, if any, side effects. Learn more about CyberKnife.

Gamma Knife®: A non-invasive radiation treatment that leads the industry as the most precise radiosurgical treatment for difficult brain tumors. Learn more about Gamma Knife.

Mammosite®: An advanced breast cancer technology that targets cancer cells and limits the exposure of health tissue to radiation and minimizes treatment time. Learn more about Mammosite.

Breast MRI & Minimally Invasive Biopsy Capabilities: Tools for accurate evaluation of suspicious breast lesions.

Three Linear Accelerators: Deliver image-guided intensity modulation radiation therapy. Enables radiation therapists to more precisely deliver high doses of external radiation to cancerous tumors of the lung, liver, pancreas and potentially other areas.

64-Slice CT Scanner: Produces the clearest images to diagnose and stage tumors.

Prostate Brachytherapy: A minimally-invasive treatment that involves placing radioactive seeds into the prostate gland using ultrasound image-guidance.

Image-Guided Brachytherapy: Operating room suite for treating prostate, breast, cervical and other types of cancer using brachytherapy.

MR Spectroscopy: For biochemical imaging.

Intra-Operative Big Bore CT: Provides better visualization and staging of tumors during surgical procedures.

Radiation Oncology: Treats cancer with beams of high-energy radiation. Learn more about radiation oncology.

PET for Oncology: Positron emission tomography (PET) images the function of cells to show the difference between normal and diseased tissue. Learn more about PET for oncology.

RFA: Radiofrequency ablation uses heat to destroy abnormal tissue. Learn more about radiofrequency ablation.