You can find Radiation Therapy at Level B1, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, 305 Grattan Street, Melbourne VIC 3000.
Contact radiation therapy services at Melbourne
You can contact Radiation Therapy via:
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Phone: (03) 8559 6000
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Fax: (03) 8559 6009
Our Melbourne radiation therapy services team
Our team includes radiation oncologists, radiation therapists and medical physicists. They design your radiation therapy plan and deliver your treatment. They also work with our nurses, allied health, and administrative staff. Together they deliver the highest standard of individualised patient-centered care.
Each of our attending radiation oncologists specialises in specific tumour types. They are also a member of a specialist multidisciplinary unit including:
- Breast
- Bone and soft tissue
- Gastro-intestinal
- Gynae-oncology
- Haematology
- Lung
- Neuro-oncology
- Head and neck
- Skin malignancies
- Urology
- Childhood cancer units
Our staff engage in education and research, including clinical trials. They do so across our campuses and the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre network.
Our radiotherapy nurses will help manage your acute treatment-related side effects and conditions. They will do so in consultation with you and your radiation oncologist. The team also delivers support to quit smoking.
Facilities
We have world class radiation therapy planning and treatment delivery facilities, including:
- Six ultramodern Linear Accelerators (treatment machines), capable of delivering External Beam Radiation Therapy
- 3D-conformal radiation therapy (3DCRT)
- Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)
- Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT)
- Stereotactic Radiotherapy/ surgery for Cranial Tumours (SRS/ SRT)
- Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT or SABR)
- Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)
- Deep Inspiration Breath Hold Technique (DIBH)
- CT Scanner for radiation therapy planning (with 4-dimensional radiation therapy planning capabilities)
Services
- Brachytherapy
- Superficial / Deep Radiation Therapy unit – to treat skin/ superficial malignancies.
- Childhood Cancer services
We offer a range of other services to support patients. This support occurs before, during and after their treatment.