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The most common cancers

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that we see on a daily

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basis are

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prostate, breast, lung and colorectal.

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Radiation therapy plays a big role

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in the treatment

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of these

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four types of cancer,

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but we also treat many others.

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We have a very busy

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palliative practice

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that involves treating

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stage four cancers that have metastasized

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in other parts of the body.

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The pillars of cancer

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treatment is surgery,

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chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

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And so I represent one of those.

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And without all three,

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we don't have a unified cancer program.

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When a patient's diagnosed

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with a cancer, it's

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a life altering diagnosis.

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And we would like to get

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this patient back to the old normal.

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Their new normal might be this

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cancer with treatment

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and diagnosis of side effects,

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but we want this patient

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to get back to way

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the way they were before

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they even met us.

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The length of time

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a patient stays on treatment

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depends on the type of cancer,

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what organs are involved,

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what the outcomes are,

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what the expectations are.

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The quality of life depends on

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the the patient's

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stage of cancer,

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the organs that we're treating,

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and the overall condition of the patient

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even above prior

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to their treatment. Vision

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RT is a way of monitoring the anatomy.

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So we can manipulate the therapy

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during the normal respiratory cycle.

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Once the treatment is going

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is taking place,

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we do not want any motion.

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And with this technology

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we can monitor the motion if it occurs

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and it can interrupt the treatment

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during the treatment.

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So that we can stop and rearrange

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the beams or reposition the patient.

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With this new technology,

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we will be up to speed

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with any major cancer

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center across the U.S.

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And it's not necessarily a technology

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we would use on every patient.

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Every patient is going to be individual.

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So we have the tool at our disposal

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when it's necessary.

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The biggest unknown is immunotherapy,

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and we're just getting on the forefront

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of it with the newer drugs.

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But we are going to use the patient's

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own immune system to fight their cancer

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in the next level and

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and that's when vaccines

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are going to be around the corner,

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which we're already doing now.

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And I think that's going

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to be on the forefront in the future.

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I got in this job because I wanted to

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to help people.

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And in cancer

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being a very life

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altering diagnosis, it's very

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rewarding and fulfilling to me to be able

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to take part in this.