Facility
In May 2021, we opened a 71,000-square-foot expansion facility to complement the 63,000-square-foot radiation oncology building that we opened in 2017. These adjoined facilities are dedicated solely for the purpose of treating cancer and contain a wide array of state-of-the-art image-guided and adaptive technologies that include the following treatment and simulation machines:
- Two Varian VitalBeams
- Four Elekta Versa HDs
- Two Varian Ethos
- Two Varian Halcyon
- Accuray CyberKnife M6
- Two Elekta Gamma Knife Icons
- Xcision GammaPod
- Two Elekta Unity MR linacs
- RefleXion PET linac
- Xstrahl superficial unit
- Elekta Flexitron HDR afterloader
- Varian VariSource HDR brachytherapy suite
- Philips 1.5 Ingenia Ambition MR simulator
- Two Philips 16-slice Brilliance 4D CT simulators
- Ten Vision RT systems
- Varian Eclipse
- Elekta Monaco
- Elekta Oncentra
- Eye plaque brachytherapy
- GammaTile (brain)
- Intravascular brachytherapy
- Brainlab AIRO mobile, compact CT-simulator
- GE HealthCare Omni Legend PET-CT simulator
- New GE CT scanners (coming soon)
Varian Eclipse is our main treatment-planning system, along with the dedicated treatment planning systems for the specialized radiation equipment. We also perform a number of other types of brachytherapy including Gamma Tile, IntraVascular and eye plaques.
"The expanded building is a confluence of multiple state-of-the-art technologies and the foundation of our vision for Radiation Oncology over the next five to 10 years. That vision, and all the technology behind it, is aimed at vastly improving outcomes, including both the cancer control rate and patients’ quality of life. These machines possess unbelievable tools for fine-tuning the delivery of radiation therapy, precisely defining the location of disease, and minimizing the dose to normal, healthy tissues to an extent almost unimaginable just five years ago," says David Sher, M.D., M.P.H., Professor of Radiation Oncology and Associate Vice Chair for Clinical Operations.
This equipment is extremely versatile and gives us the ability to provide:
- A personalized patient experience
- AI-assisted radiation therapy
- A wide range of options for treatment delivery, including:
- Flexibility
- Precision
- Efficiency
- Adaptability to changes in the patient’s anatomy, tumor size, and position
- Ability to monitor the treatment progress due to biological and functional changes
The range of radiation oncology procedures we offer includes: MR-guided adaptive radiotherapy, CBCT-guided adaptive radiotherapy, PET-guided radiotherapy (when FDA approved), IMRT, SRS, SBRT, TBI, TSE, HDR and LDR brachytherapy, as well as cranial and pelvic LDR.
