Radiation Oncology

The Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Mississippi Health Care is a premiere academic program specializing in providing exceptional, innovative services to the state of Mississippi. Our faculty is internationally recognized and is dedicated to providing the highest quality of care to our patients and training tomorrow’s leaders in clinical care and research. We are committed to providing an education environment that promotes personal and professional development; assures attainment of competency in medical knowledge, patient care, professionalism, communication skills, practice-based learning and improvements.

The radiation oncology department offers a variety of advanced radiation therapy treatments in our efforts to fight cancer. We utilize the most technology-advanced equipment. We understand that fighting cancer is an emotional as well as a physical battle; therefore we take pride in treating our patients with a compassionate, comprehensive, coordinated patient care plan utilizing a multidisciplinary approach and leading-edge treatment technologies.

Radiation Therapy Treatment Specialties

• External beam radiation therapy (EBRT)
  • Three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D CRT)
  • Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)
  • Image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT)
  • Total body irradiation (TBI)
  • Electron beam therapy
  • Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT)
  • Intra-operative radiation therapy (IORT)
• Brachytherapy (BT)
  • High dose rate brachytherapy (HDR)
  • Axxent electronic brachytherapy (Xoft)
  • Special procedures
    • Sirspheres
    • Prostate seed implants (I-125, Cs-131)
    • Eye plaques (I-125)
• Radioimmunotherapy (RIT)
  • BEXXAR radioimmunotherapy
  • Zevalin radioimmunotherapy

Radiation Therapy Technologies (links)

• Two Elekta Synergy Linac Accelerators with IGRT
• High dose rate brachytherapy system (HDR)
• Xoft, Inc Axxent eBx system
• Diagnostic procedures / techniques available
  • CT simulator – Philips Big Bore CT (virtual simulation)
  • Positron emission tomography (PET)
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) simulator

Our clinical team consists of physicians, physicists, MD fellows, dosimetrists, nurses, radiation therapists and social and patient service coordinators.