Treatments & conditions
The radiation treatments Dr. Shamp provides at WellSpring Oncology, and the cancers and other conditions he treats.
Radiation treatments
External Beam Radiation Therapy
External beam radiation uses a sophisticated radiation machine called a linear accelerator to deliver focused beams of radiation. This is an effective treatment for many types of cancer, and can be used alone or in combination with surgery and/or chemotherapy.
Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy
An advanced radiation delivery technique which uses multiple radiation beams or arcs to deliver highly conformal radiation to the target area while reducing radiation dose to uninvolved areas, to reduce side effects and/or complications.
Image Guided Radiation Therapy
The use of routine imaging, such as cone-beam CT (CBCT) or portal imaging. This imaging is typically obtained before delivering radiation therapy to improve the accuracy of the treatment.
Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Used for certain tumors of the central nervous system, SRS involves the pinpoint delivery of high-dose radiation therapy. This can involve from one to five total treatments.
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
SBRT involves delivering between one and five doses of high-dose radiation therapy with extreme accuracy. This is commonly used for stage I lung cancer, as well as certain other cancers.
Brachytherapy
Brachytherapy is the delivery of sealed radioactive sources directly inside or next to the area requiring treatment. Dr. Shamp offers both high dose rate (HDR) and low dose rate (LDR) brachytherapy for the treatment of certain prostate, cervical, endometrial, and skin cancers.
Cancers & conditions treated
Dr. Shamp treats cancers throughout the body, as well as some non-cancer conditions.
Central nervous system
- Glioblastoma
- Anaplastic and low-grade glioma
- Meningioma
- Metastatic cancer to brain and/or spine
Head and neck
- Squamous cell carcinoma
- Larynx
- Oropharynx
- Oral cavity
- Nasopharynx
- Salivary gland tumors
Skin
- Melanoma
- Basal cell carcinoma (BCC)
- Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)
Breast
- Invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC)
- Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC)
- Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)
Thoracic
- Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
- Small cell lung cancer (SCLC)
- Mesothelioma
- Thymoma
Gastrointestinal
- Esophageal cancer
- Gastric cancer
- Hepatocellular carcinoma
- Pancreatic cancer
- Rectal cancer
- Anal cancer
Genitourinary
- Prostate cancer
- Bladder cancer
- Testicular cancer
- Kidney cancer
Gynecologic
- Cervical cancer
- Endometrial cancer
- Vulvar cancer
- Vaginal cancer
- Uterine sarcoma
Lymphoma
- Hodgkin's lymphoma
- Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL)
- Follicular lymphoma
- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Soft tissue sarcoma
Palliative radiation therapy
- Bone metastases
- Spine metastases
- Brain metastases
- SBRT for oligometastatic disease
Benign conditions
- Osteoarthritis
- Dupuytren's contracture
- Ledderhose disease
Questions about your treatment?
See Dr. Shamp's patient presentations, or callWellSpring Oncology to schedule a consultation.