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CANCER TREATMENT TEAM:
David Moylan, M.D.,
Medical Director
Board Certified Radiation Oncologist
J. Denise Moylan,
M.D., F.C.C.P
Director Of Pulmonary Medicine
Michael J. Gallagher, M.D.
Director of Intensity
Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) & Medical Infomatics
Herbert C. Hoover Jr.,
M.D.
Director of Surgical
Oncology
James
McCaughan, M.D.
Director of
Thoracic
Surgical Oncology
Stanley E. Order,
M.D., F.A.C.R.
Emeritus Consultant at Simon Kramer Institute.
Patricia Sturzebecker
Radiation Therapy Technician (R.T.T.)
Rosemaria
Eckert
Radiation Technical Assistant (R.T.A.)
CANCER TREATMENT SERVICES OFFERED:
Hyperthermia:
Hyperthermia, a
procedure in which body tissue is exposed to high temperatures (up to
106 F). Heat may help shrink tumors by damaging cells or depriving
them of substances they need to live.
Hyperthermia is almost
always used with other forms of therapy (radiation therapy,
chemotherapy, and biological therapy) to try to increase their
effectiveness. Local hyperthermia refers to heat that is applied
to a very small area, such as a tumor. The picture above
shows a Hypothermia room at the Simon Kramer Institute
(for more information on this subject, please click here).
CHART (Continuous Hyperfractionated
Accelerated Radiation Therapy):
Instead of being
treated Mon. thru Fri. once a day, the treatment is condensed into 12
straight days three times a day 8am 12pm and 8pm with the same total
dose as if the patient would have gotten 40 treatments over a month
and a half of once a day treatments. Survival rates are greater
treating this way with minimal side effects (for
more information of this subject, please click here).
Daily Radiation Treatments:
Radiation therapy is usually given 5 days a week for several weeks.
This schedule helps to protect healthy body tissue by extending the
total dosage of radiation over a longer period of time and giving
weekend rest breaks in which normal cells can rebuild
(for
more information on this subject, please click here).
CAT Scans: CAT is an acronym for "computerized axial
tomography." CAT has been replaced with a new acronym, CT, that simply
stands for "computed tomography." Tomography is the process of making
an image of a plane through the body. A CAT scan or a CT scan is a
procedure that uses x rays, radiation detectors, and computers to
produce images of planes through the body
(for more information on this subject, please click here).
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Cancer Treatment:
Authors:
Lawrence Coia & David Moylan
ISBN: 0-944838-70-7
Published: March 1998 | 568 pp
Price:
US $48.95
Contents
Reviews
Description
An updated edition of a classic in the field of radiation oncology.
This book explains the concepts and rationale behind a wide variety of
radiation therapy treatments and discusses the optimum treatment of
various cancers in different stages. It describes the clinical and
laboratory investigations needed to make treatment decisions and
discusses the pros and cons of using radiation therapy, site by site.
Extensive data on predicted outcome and complications are presented.
Includes decision trees from the Patterns of Care Study (Seminars
in Radiation Oncology, April 1997, reprinted with permission).
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