Radiation Oncology

Radiation Therapy provided close to home by an expert team of compassionate, dedicated professionals using the most advanced technology.

Radiation Therapy Planning and Treatment

Radiation therapy is an essential part of many cancer treatment plans. One of the most important components of radiation therapy involves the complex process of treatment planning. Our Radiation Oncology team strives for rapid consult to treatment time. Our board certified radiation oncologists, medical physicist and dosimetrist use computed tomography scans and sophisticated computer programs to create three-dimensional images of the tumor, including the size, shape and location. Equipped with this information, the radiation therapy team determines the amount of radiation (dose) and the best way to focus the radiation at the cancer cells. Once treatment planning is complete, our certified radiation technologists accurately deliver the treatments.

Your treatment team includes radiation oncologists, radiation therapist, medical physicist and medical dosimetrist and our receptionist/secretarial staff.

Superior Technology

Kona Community Hospital’s radiation therapy department has an Elekta-Infinity® linear accelerator, a comprehensive, state-of-the-art radiation treatment system that integrates imaging and treatment. The Elekta-Infinity® allows radiation therapists to fine tune and personalize treatments, reducing treatment time and delivering targeted radiation treatments to patients.  The Elekta-Infinity’s additional capatilities include:

• CT scans during treatment sessions to ensure the highest degree of precision through more accurate patient positioning.
• Next-generation, high-resolution beam shaping, called “Agility” that allows the beam to conform to the size, shape and volume of a tumor, increasing accuracy.
• Option of three photon beams, four electron beams and two fast dose-rate “FFF” beams to deliver treatment tailored to each patient’s unique requirements.

External Beam Radiation Therapy

Conformal Radiation Therapy

• Conformal (3D) treatment planning uses three-dimensional imaging information to visualize the target and critical structures so that an optimal treatment plan can be designed.

Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)

• Combining the highest level of patient comfort with fewer side effects than standard radiation therapy, IMRT is a highly accurate radiation instrument that spares normal tissue, allows for superior dose distributions, and is able to treat tumors near critical structures. Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) offers patients the most effective treatment for each type and stage of cancer. IMRT uses small beams to treat a tumor from different directions and with varying intensity, while limiting the radiation dose to surrounding healthy tissue.

Information for Radiation Therapy Patients

The Radiation Oncology clinic is open Monday through Friday, 7:00 am to 3:30 pm. To contact the Radiation Oncology clinic or schedule an appointment, please call (808) 322-6910, option 3 or fax (808) 322-5849.

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