Stereotactic ablative radiation therapy SABR

What is Stereotactic ablative radiation therapy (SABR)?

SABR targets tumours in the body with high doses of radiation therapy. It destroys cancer cells with minimum damage to surrounding healthy tissues.

You might be offered SABR instead of surgery
It’s used to treat lung, spine, liver and bone tumours and tumours in individual lymph nodes
It offers some patients longer disease and symptom control and improved quality of life
It may use ‘rotational radiation therapy’ (VMAT) to focus a high dose of radiation to the tumour
Surrounding healthy tissue receives a lower dose, minimising the risks of side-effects
Targeted treatment means that SABR is effective and usually over quickly – just three to eight sessions