UF Health Radiation Oncology – Davis Cancer Pavilion

UF Health Radiation Oncology – Davis Cancer Pavilion provides a full range of radiation treatment services for almost all kinds of tumors at almost all body sites.

Our radiation oncology faculty and staff are key members of UF Health multidisciplinary treatment teams. State-of-the-art diagnostic evaluations, staging studies, multi-modality treatment and survivorship care, interactive tumor board conferences, and multidisciplinary clinic encounters are all coordinated to treat:

• Cancers of the head and neck, including laryngeal- and voice-preserving treatment
• Cancers of the skin, including melanoma, squamous, and basal cell cancers
• Thoracic and lung cancers
• Breast cancer, including breast-preserving and intra-operative procedures
• Primary and metastatic gastrointestinal tract cancers, including esophagus, pancreas, rectal and anal cancer, with a focus on functional and sphincter preservation
• Urinary tract cancers, including prostate and bladder cancer, with a focus on organ and functional preservation
• Gynecological and cervix cancers, with inclusion of advanced brachytherapy technologies

Specialized equipment to detect and treat cancers early

New technology available at the Davis Cancer Pavilion delivers radiation to various parts of the body with tremendous accuracy and precision, enhancing short-course radiotherapy treatment programs such as in stereotactic body radiotherapy and radiosurgery. Further integration with surface imaging systems allows for real-time motion management, making radiotherapy delivery to exacting treatment sites, such as the breast and prostate gland, even safer and more effective.

Special radiation technologies:

• Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)
• Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS)
• Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT)
• Short course radiation therapy for prostate cancer combined with a next-generation hydrogel spacer
• Use of an MR-only radiotherapy simulator (MRCAT) for treatment planning related to primary and metastatic tumors in the brain - the first to offer this technology in the United States
• Image guided radiation therapy (IGRT)
• High dose rate brachytherapy, including mammosite treatment
• Total body irradiation for bone marrow transplantation
• Total skin irradiation for cutaneous lymphoma
• Systemic precision (targeted) radio ligand (conjugate) therapies for metastatic cancers of the prostate, GI neuroendocrine systems, and lymphoma (thyroid radio Iodine therapy)
• Spheres radionuclide therapy for liver tumors
• Intraoperative breast radiotherapy using IntraBeam Technology
• Proton Beam Radiotherapy is available at the University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute in Jacksonville, Florida