RADIATION Therapy
Renown Institute for Cancer Radiation Therapy completed renovation in August 2016. This redesign allowed for improved care by:
• Adding two new, state-of-the-art linear accelerators that are the most technically progressive treatment machines on the market today, bringing our number of external beam treatment machines to three.
• Doubling the number of exam rooms from four to eight.
• Relocating the nursing staff closer to the waiting rooms and treatment areas for efficiency and patient care.
• Addition of two inpatient waiting rooms, providing a comfortable and quiet space.
Renown Health Foundation was instrumental in helping to raise $ 1 million toward this project with donations from community philanthropy.
In 2011, Radiation Therapy was the first in the region to be accredited by the American College of Radiologists in Radiation Oncology( ACR-RO). We have maintained that accreditation by continually striving to be northern Nevada’ s center of excellence in Radiation Oncology.
Our team offers several different types of treatments, including:
• Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy( IMRT) and RapidArc Therapy – delivering radiation that is customized to the size, shape, and location of the tumor in a precise and timely manner.
• Image Guided Radiation Therapy( IGRT) – each treatment machine has the ability to perform a CT just prior to each treatment. During delivery, we can use fluoroscopy( live movie) or snap shot imaging to track tumor movement during treatment, giving doctors the opportunity to make adjustments that ensure accuracy.
• Stereotactic Radiosurgery( SRS) and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy( SBRT) – this radiation delivery is so accurate, it’ s used to treat small tumors of the brain and body, while preserving the surrounding healthy tissue. This is“ surgery” without undergoing anesthesia or any incisions, but rather by delivering radiation in 1-5 treatments.
• High Dose Rate Brachytherapy( HDR) – temporary insertion of a“ live” radioactive source within a catheter for treatment inside your body for breast, lung, gynecologic and other cancers.
• Low Dose Rate Brachytherapy( LDR) – where live radioactive seeds are permanently deployed into the prostate for treatment.
Daisha Puccinelli Radiation Therapist
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