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500 South Paulina Street Chicago, Illinois 60612 (312) 942-‐4600 www.rushradiosurgery.com
Rush Radiosurgery is a clinical service of Rush University Medical Center.
What is TrueBeam STx? TrueBeam STx is the latest in advanced radiosurgery technology. It treats paHents with a procedure called stereotac(c radiosurgery, a noninvasive method of treaHng tumors with high-‐dose radiaHon precisely aimed from different angles.
How does TrueBeam STx work?
• TrueBeam STx destroys cancerous and benign tumors with high-‐dose, highly accurate radiaHon beams while minimizing damage to healthy Hssue.
• The machine rotates around you, delivering targeted radiaHon from various angles that match the shape of the tumor being treated.
• A typical session takes about 15 minutes, reducing potenHal errors that can occur in longer-‐lasHng procedures.
500 South Paulina Street Chicago, Illinois 60612 (312) 942-‐4600 www.rushradiosurgery.com
500 South Paulina Street Chicago, Illinois 60612 (312) 942-‐4600 www.rushradiosurgery.com
The TrueBeam STx System
Why Choose TrueBeam STx?
• Treatment is an outpaHent procedure • Extreme precision minimizes radiaHon
exposure to normal Hssue • Beam shaping offers highly accurate
and uniform treatment • Short treatment Hmes -‐ about 15
minutes • PaHents return immediately to normal
rouHnes with minimal side effects • No overnight hospital stay required
500 South Paulina Street Chicago, Illinois 60612 (312) 942-‐4600 www.rushradiosurgery.com
What does TrueBeam STx treat? arteriovenous malformaHon • brain tumors
• acousHc neuroma / vesHbular schwannoma
• brain metastases • glomus jugulare • recurrent gliomas • meningioma • pituitary adenoma
• kidney tumors • lung tumors • ocular / orbital tumors • pancreaHc cancer • spinal tumors • trigeminal neuralgia • liver cancer • hemangioblastomas • uveal melanomas • cavernous angiomas • neurofibromas
500 South Paulina Street Chicago, Illinois 60612 (312) 942-‐4600 www.rushradiosurgery.com
What is the treatment process?
ConsultaHon Appointment
Meet with the TrueBeam STx
team
Create an individualized treatment plan
PotenHal Pretreatment Procedures*
CT Scan MRI Lab Studies Tissue Markers (extracranial
tumors or lesions)
TrueBeam STx
Treatment
Technicians help you onto the
treatment table
The TrueBeam STx system
moves around you firing targeted
radiaHon beams
The system periodically takes x-‐ray images and compares them to the CT scan data to track the tumor
If needed, the paHent returns for up to 4 more treatments.
Follow-‐up Follow-‐up imaging
and physical consultaHon to monitor tumor’s
progress
*The procedures required as part of your individualized treatment plan, and the order in which they will occur, will be explained during your consultaHon visit.
500 South Paulina Street Chicago, Illinois 60612 (312) 942-‐4600 www.rushradiosurgery.com
Our Center Under the direcHon of medical director Dr. Aidnag Diaz, Rush Radiosurgery combines experienced physicians and the latest medical advances to provide paHents with excepHonal care. The cancer treatment facility opened in March 2012 on the campus of Rush University Medical Center. Our doctors are board cerHfied in radiaHon oncology and have several areas of specialty, including head and neck cancers, prostate cancer and lung cancer.
Medical Director: Dr. Aidnag Diaz TrueBeam STx Program Nurse: Felicia Pautsch Connect with us
500 South Paulina Street Chicago, Illinois 60612 (312) 942-‐4600 www.rushradiosurgery.com
The US Radiosurgery Network
A joint venture of Rush University Medical Center and US Radiosurgery, Rush Radiosurgery is a clinical service of Rush University Medical Center. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, US Radiosurgery is a division of Alliance Oncology and partners with hospitals and physician groups around the U.S. to develop and operate full-‐body radiosurgical centers. Collec(vely, the US Radiosurgery network of centers has treated thousands of pa(ents since the opening of the company’s first center in 2003. The group of faciliHes is acHvely engaged in research, with physicians regularly presenHng papers and authoring arHcles related to the efficacy of CyberKnife treatment for various types of tumors and lesions. Tumors of the lung, brain and prostate, as well as certain funcHonal disorders such as trigeminal neuralgia, have become key treatment areas throughout the network of centers.
500 South Paulina Street Chicago, Illinois 60612 (312) 942-‐4600 www.rushradiosurgery.com