MedBlog

Adaptive PULSAR radiation is helping us outsmart tumors, cancer

When it comes to radiotherapy, one size does not fit all. See how this new therapy may change cancer treatment for the better.

Robert Timmerman, M.D.

August 25, 2021

Stereotactic radiation offers new hope for high-risk heart patients

UT Southwestern is the only center in North Texas offering cardiac radioablation, a novel therapy that uses focused stereotactic radiation to assist in cardiac ablation for high-risk patients.

James Daniels, M.D. / Richard Wu, M.D. / Robert Timmerman, M.D.

July 28, 2021

Smarter radiation, fewer sessions: How SABR might help defeat metastatic cancer

Stereotactic ablative therapy (SABR) has proven effective in treating many types of primary tumors. Robert Timmerman, M.D., discusses how SABR might improve survival rates for patients with metastatic cancer.

Robert Timmerman, M.D.

February 13, 2020

Radiation Reimagined

Robert Timmerman, M.D.

November 9, 2018

A new tool in the fight against lung cancer: SBRT

Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) at UT Southwestern in Dallas provides minimally invasive lung cancer treatment in an outpatient setting.

Robert Timmerman, M.D.

July 1, 2015

Radiation therapy, at age 100, keeps getting better

Radiation therapy has been used to fight cancer for more than 100 years. An oncologist at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas explains its history and its future.

Robert Timmerman, M.D.

May 27, 2015