Gulf Coast Cancer Center

Leveraging state of the art medical capabilities, the Gulf Coast Cancer and Diagnostic Center provides personalized treatment plans for patients in a comfortable and welcoming office setting. The center's highly qualified doctors and other professionals of staff are dedicated to the well-being of those under their care. At the Gulf Coast Cancer Center, patients undergo such procedures as diagnostic radiology, radiation therapy, infusion therapy,pain managment and surgery.

Among its range of care options, the practice offers brachytherapy. A method of internal radiation therapy applied to a cancerous region, brachytherapy comes in two main types. The first, called interstitial brachytherapy, involves placing radioactive seeds into the targeted tissue. The second type, called intracavity brachytherapy, differs in that the radioactive material is delivered into a body cavity close to the tumor or tumors.Dr D'Andrea has a number of patents that will provide for new and innovative deliveries of brachytherapy sources to patients with various diesases .Other types of brachytherpy inclucesPermanent or temporary seeds produce outward radiation that differs from the radiation method employed in beam radiotherapy, where the radiation passes through healthy tissue before hitting the tumor. Brachytherapy permits delivery of higher radiation doses to tumors whilst sparing noncancerous tissue.