MCLAREN PROTON THERAPY CENTER
4100 Beecher Road
Flint, MI 48532
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Why is McLaren Bringing This Revolutionary Treatment to Michigan?
Proton beam therapy has been called “the next great leap forward in radiation oncology” and “the most technologically-advanced method of treating solid, non-metastasized tumors.” For many patients, proton therapy offers them hope for the first time. Yet, due to cost and complexity, it has remained a rare treatment option, with only nine proton beam therapy centers in the United States.
Starting in December of 2012, McLaren will improve those treatment options for patients in Michigan and surrounding areas by opening the first…and only…Proton Therapy Center in Michigan... MORE
Making a Difference
Proton Therapy is generating huge excitement in the Michigan medical community, and the excitement is well-founded. Unlike traditional x-ray radiation, proton beam therapy creates a beam of charged protons to target and destroy a more precise, defined area of cancerous cells. Radiation energy is delivered precisely at the defined site of the tumor, not along the path through the body as with standard radiation. This means that proton therapy spares significantly more surrounding healthy tissue and organs and produces fewer side effects for patients. Proton therapy also allows physicians to penetrate deeper tumors because higher levels of radiation can be used without fear of impact on surrounding healthy tissue... MORE
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The McLaren Proton Therapy Center is a service of the McLaren Cancer Institute, which provides a full complement of comprehensive treatment options for cancer patients. Along with proton therapy, other treatment modalities include:
- TrueBeam- real-time imaging and radiation treatment system that treats moving tumors with unprecedented speed and accuracy. TrueBeam incorporates numerous technical innovations that synchronize imaging, patient positioning, motion management, and treatment delivery during radiotherapy or radiosurgery.
- IMRT- Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) delivers radiation via small beamlets varying in intensity and computed by an advanced inverse planning system which minimizes damage to healthy tissue.
- TomoTherapy- delivers a very sophisticated form of IMRT and integrated radiation treatment planning, delivery and dose verification via CT scanning in one system.
- Brachytherapy- also known as internal radiation, involves placing radioactive materials into a tumor or its surrounding tissue.
- Medical Oncology- services include leading-edge treatments such as biologic therapy, chemotherapy, targeted therapy, advanced clinical trails, genetic counseling and IV therapy.
With the growing availability of cancer patients receiving proton therapy comes the opportunity for more published studies on the patient outcomes. Several articles have been published regarding the initial treatment and long-term benefits of proton beam therapy.
Rah JE, Oh DH, Kim JW, Kim DH, Suh TS, Ji YH, Shin DH, Lee SB, Kim DY, *Park SY. "Feasibility Study of Glass Dosimeter for in Vivo Measurement: Dosimetric Characterization and Clinical Application in Proton Beams", Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys., 2012, in press
Ghergherehchi M , Afarideh H, Kim YS, Park SY, Lee SB, Shin DH, Chai JS, Mu XJ, Lee BN. "Dosimetry and Microdosimetry of 10-220 MeV Proton Beams with CR-39 and their Verifications by Calculation of Reaction Cross Sections using Alice, TALYS and GENT4 Codes", Radiat. Meas., 2012, in press
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