Icon Cancer Centre Noosa to bring world class cancer treatment technologies to the Sunshine Coast

Icon Cancer Centre has a 14-year legacy of delivering world class care to the Sunshine Coast community, with Icon Cancer Centre Maroochydore caring for local cancer patients since 2010. Icon’s investment in this new centre will advance specialist cancer care for the Noosa community, have far-reaching economic benefits as jobs are created, and by bringing care closer to home, provides improved quality of life for patients and their families.

Patients at Icon Cancer Centre Noosa will have access to the following state-of-the-art treatments:

• HyperArc, which accurately targets multiple brain tumours while ensuring limited doses of radiation to surrounding healthy brain tissue.
• Stereotactic radiation therapy, is an advanced technique used to treat small, well-defined tumours or high-risk postoperative areas. The technology allows a high dose of radiation to be delivered to the tumour very precisely, without compromising surrounding healthy organs due to the ability to treat with sub millimetre accuracy. This technology also significantly reduces the number of treatment sessions required.
• IDENTIFY Surface Guidance System, also known as tattoo-free radiation therapy, uses advanced camera technology to facilitate 3D tracking of the skin’s surface during set-up and treatment. This increases accuracy, reduces patient treatment times and eliminates the need to have permanent tattoos.
• RGSC Gating, state of the art motion management equipment and software technology that tracks a person’s breathing during treatment to ensure increased accuracy of treatment. The technology also allows patients to observe their breathing on a monitor to help them control their breathing so that the treatment will be as short and effective as possible.