MRI-guided radiation therapy helps guard your healthy organs against unnecessary radiation exposure, which means you may experience fewer side effects than other treatment options. By delivering a more targeted dose of treatment, this therapy can also result in the need for fewer treatment sessions overall. Although there can be side effects to any radiotherapy treatment, the most common side effects are typically temporary. Please be sure to talk to your doctor about any concerns or discomfort.

Radiation therapy has been used to successfully treat cancer patients and eliminate cancer cells for many years, and advances have been made to ensure that it is safe and effective. MRI-guided radiation therapy guards your healthy organs against radiation exposure, which may mean fewer side effects than other treatment options.

The experience is similar to an MRI scan; there’s no sensation associated with the radiation. You won’t feel the radiation or magnetic field. You can wear earplugs or headphones if you want to listen to music. The machine can be adapted for whatever position you are in, and you'll always be in communication with the radiation therapist.

Unlike other cancer radiation therapies, MRI-guided radiation therapy combines the imaging capabilities of an MRI with radiation to deliver care tailored to you. This means that doctors can see tumors that couldn’t be seen before in a much clearer way. It also means that your clinical team will be able to react to how your tumor responds to therapy and improve your treatment accordingly to eliminate cancer cells.