Radiation Oncology

Good Sam Offers Latest in Radiation Therapy to Cancer Patients
Good Samaritan now has the technology available for Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy – the latest breakthrough in radiation therapy. IMRT allows us to more precisely target tumors in the body, sparing healthy tissue from damage. For more information on IMRT, see
Radiation Therapy
Demonstrating IMRT, the newest radiation technology, you can see how radiation methods have improved! Watch as strategically placed beams are applied to cancerous tumors.

Radiation Oncology

Radiation therapy is often used in cancer treatment, sometimes in conjunction with chemotherapy. At Good Samaritan, our highly experienced radiation oncologists use state-of-the-art technologies, including IMRT and SRS.

Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) is at the forefront of external beam radiotherapy, delivering more precisely targeted radiation beams to tumors, while sparing the surrounding healthy tissue. IMRT enables physicians to give higher radiation doses directly to the tumor, increasing the chances of controlling it and stopping its growth. This more focused approach to radiation therapy, which results in fewer radiation-related side effects, is used on tumors in the prostate, spine, lungs, breasts, pancreas, liver, larynx, tongue and sinuses.

Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS), like IMRT, is another advanced radiation therapy approach, but is used exclusively in the brain. SRS can treat a variety of brain tumors and abnormal blood vessel formations. A highly precise technology, SRS delivers tiny radiation beams to the tumor site.

Medical Director Abhinand Peddada, M.D., and Loan Tran, M.D., both board-certified radiation oncologists, lead our Radiation Oncology Department. Together they have more than 25 years of experience in managing all aspects of adult radiotherapy.

Dr. Peddada, who is also head of the hospital’s Cancer Care Committee, has more than 13 years of experience in radiotherapy. He graduated with honors from Louisiana State University Medical School and finished residency in the integrated radiation oncology program in San Francisco at St. Mary’s Hospital. He is skilled in all aspects of external beam radiotherapy including intensity modulated radiation therapy. He also has a keen interest in brachytherapy and is currently performing seed implant therapy utilizing real-time dosimetry for prostate cancer.

Dr. Tran completed her residency at the University of California at San Francisco. Like Dr. Peddada, Dr. Tran is skilled in both brachytherapy and IMRT. Dr. Tran’s interests also include stereotactic radiosurgery and treatment for breast and gynecological cancers.

For more information about our leading-edge radiation oncology treatments at Good Samaritan, please call 408-358-8400.

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