Faculty members participate actively in clinical and basic science research.
There is a well staffed radiological physics section, a radiation biology laboratory doing research in hyperthermia, radiation-chemotherapy interactions and gene amplification, and an accredited residency training program. This latest technology will improve our ability to conform the radiation dose to the patient's tumor volume while limiting exposure to healthy tissue. In addition, the staff is licensed to use a full range of radionuclides, enabling employment of interstitial and intracavitary implants to limit higher radiation doses to the actual tumor volume. The Department is the primary treatment center for pediatric malignancies and has been designated the Northeast treatment center for mycosis fungoides because of its expertise in the electron beam treatment of this disease. We treat the vast majority of tumors of the eye and orbit and have recently implemented a radiation protocol for the treatment of subfoveal age-related macular degeneration.