What conditions are
suitable for stereotactic
SRT or SABR?
• Brain metastases
• Post-operative brain metastases
cavities
• Small malignant lung tumours
(primary and secondary)
• Bony metastases
Patients can be directly referred to ROC
Greenslopes or to one of the following
doctors:
A/Prof Matthew Foote
Special interests: stereotactic brain and body
radiation therapy, neuro-oncology, skin and head
and neck cancer
Dr David Pryor
Special interests: gastrointestinal cancers,
urological cancers, soft tissue tumours (sarcomas)
and the use of highly
focused stereotactic
ablative body radiation
therapy
Dr Samantha Barbour
Special interests:
lung cancer, breast
cancer, lymphoma,
gastrointestinal cancers
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An advanced, highly
effective treatment for
brain, lung and bone
tumours is now on offer to
patients through Radiation
Oncology Centres (ROC)
at Greenslopes Private
Hospital.
Stereotactic radiation therapy is the
use of external beam radiation to target
usually quite small and well-defined
tumours with pronounced accuracy,
while significantly reducing exposure to
surrounding healthy tissue.
By using precise three dimensional
imaging (CT/PET/MRI), advanced
treatment planning software and
sophisticated patient immobilisation,
stereotactic radiation therapy allows for
larger amounts of radiation to enter the
body across a shorter period of time.
The full treatment course is usually
delivered in one to five treatments,
as opposed to conventional radiation
therapy which delivers smaller doses
over many weeks.
ROC radiation oncologist Associate
Professor Matthew Foote has been the
first to treat patients with stereotactic
radiation therapy at ROC Greenslopes.
A/Prof Foote is internationally
recognised for his work in stereotactic
body and brain radiation therapy, and
has assisted in the establishment of
stereotactic programs throughout
Australia and South East Asia. A/Prof
Foote is also a serving board member of
the acclaimed International Stereotactic
Radiosurgery Society (ISRS).
A/Prof Foote said, “Stereotactic
radiation therapy is intended to improve
a patient’s quality of life and decrease
treatment related complications,
by minimising the radiation dose to
surrounding normal tissues.”
"It also results in fewer treatment
sessions for patients, allowing them
to get back to their normal day to day
activities quicker" he said.
“It can be used to treat various brain
conditions including malignant or
benign tumours and its role in the
management of metastatic disease in
the body continues to expand,” said A/
Prof Foote.
ROC Greenslopes is now treating both
intra-cranial stereotactic radiation
therapy (SRT) and extra-cranial
stereotactic ablative body radiation
therapy (SABR) for lung and bone,
utilising state-of-the-art treatment
technology including Varian TrueBeam
linear accelerators and Brainlab
ExacTrac robotic patient positioning.
These advanced treatment techniques
complement ROC’s existing radiation
therapy service, which includes the
latest in treatment technology and
approaches for all cancer types.
A/Prof Foote
Stereotactic radiation therapy
new to ROC Greenslopes