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Jefferson's radiation therapy cancer care is provided through the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Bodine Center for Cancer Treatment, Jefferson's Methodist Hospital (South Philadelphia), at Aria Health (formerly Frankford-Torresdale Hospital in Northeastern Philadelphia) and the Jefferson Radiation Oncology Center at Riddle (Chester and Delaware Counties).

The department has also formed a joint program with Jefferson’s Department of Neurosurgery, a key feature of which is the radiosurgery unit. The program has one of the few dedicated stereotactic linear accelerators (LINACs) for neuroncology in the country and a Gamma knife unit. These multimillion-dollar, photon technologies significantly improve the options available to patients with tumors of the brain and spinal cord.

The Department of Radiation Oncology cares for more than 2,000 new cancer patients per year, approximately half of who receive radiation treatments. A sizable core of our patients realize cures or palliation or resolution of their cancers through more traditional radiation therapy, while other patients are benefiting from advanced therapies such as implanted radioactive seeds, radiation during surgery, or tissue heating as a cancer-killing modality. In the department's modern computerized facilities, treatment strategies are made more precise through the input and research of the department's staff of radiation biologists and medical physicists.