Cancer Medical Professionals
Radiation Oncology Program
University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center
Key Contacts
Lauren Allyn, Department Administrator | 216-286-4144
Appointment Line
Please call 440-745-7488. For the UH Proton Therapy Center, please call 855-548-9117.
For hospital transfers, please call 216-844-1111.
Conditions Treated
- All malignant neoplasms
- Several types of benign neoplasms, particularly those located in the brain and/or spine
- Selected “benign” diseases of the brain, including arteriovenous malformations, trigeminal neuralgia and refractory essential tremor
Therapies
- Proton beam radiation therapy
- Gamma Knife® stereotactic radiosurgery (fixed frame brain treatment)
- Linac-guided radiosurgery
- Full range of image-guided, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IGRT/IMRT) procedures
- Full range of brachytherapy procedures (high-dose rate or low-dose rate)
- Highly complex gynecologic and genitourinary brachytherapy, including multiparametric MRI image guidance
- Re-irradiation for selected patients who have already received radiation to the same area
Distinguishing Features
- 2,000 patients treated with radiosurgery since 2008
- First Proton Therapy Center in Ohio, located adjacent to UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital and UH Seidman Cancer Center, fostering seamless, multidisciplinary care
- Subspecialist radiation oncologists nationally recognized for their expertise in organ/disease site, including CNS/brain, lung/thoracic, breast, genitourinary/gynecologic, gastrointestinal and hematologic/pediatric
- Advanced techniques for cardiac-sparing radiation therapy for patients with breast cancer and other thoracic neoplasms (lung, thymus, esophagus, lymphoma)
- Extensive clinical trials, including leadership in national NCI-sponsored protocols (RTOG/NRG) and UH investigator-initiated in-house, early-phase trials
- Among the top-accruing clinical trials centers in the nation