By using radiation therapy, radiation oncologists work to deliver controlled levels of high-energy radiation to kill cancer cells. Specialists in radiation oncology include:
- Bone marrow or stem cell transplant
- Breast
- Central nervous system (brain, spinal cord, neurological)
- Endocrine (thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, pituitary)
- Gastrointestinal (anus, colon, rectum, esophagus, hepatobiliary, pancreas, stomach)
- Genitourinary (bladder, kidney, prostate, penis, testis, ureter)
- Gynecologic (cervix, ovary, uterus, vagina, vulva)
- Head and neck (nasopharynx, nasal cavity and sinuses, oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx, larynx, salivary gland)
- Lung
- Lymphoma, leukemia and myeloma
- Melanoma
- Other skin cancers (squamous cell, basal cell, merkel cell)
- Ophthalmology (orbital tumors, ocular melanoma)
- Pediatric cancers
- Sarcoma (bone, soft tissue, abdominal)
