2010-01-22 / Health and Nutrition

AtlantiCare Cancer Care Institute offers CyberKnife®

Technology targets hard-toreach tumors non-invasively

TheAtlantiCare Cancer CareInstitute, a Fox Chase Cancer Center Partner, in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, offers CyberKnife® Robotic Radiosurgery – the world’s only robotic radiosurgery system designed to treat tumors anywhere in the bodynon- invasively.

CyberKnife compares X- ray images to the patient’s original CT scan before each treatment to ensure unparalleled targeting accuracy. It continually tracks, detects and corrects for any patient or tumormovement.

“Through this technology our experienced team delivers high-dose radiation with pinpoint precision, while minimizing damage to surrounding healthy tissue,” said Lauren Ochs, executive director, AtlantiCare Oncology Services, AtlantiCare. “ We are pleased to offer patients this advanced technology as a non- invasive alternativetosurgeryforthetreatmentof both cancerous and non-cancerous tumorsanywhereinthebody.”

“ We can now treat previously hard to reach cancers, includingthoseofthe lung, brain, spine, liver, pancreas and kidney – non- invasively,” said Jonathan Law, MS, DABR, DABMP, director, Medical Physics AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center. “Side effects are minimal and there is littleor no recovery time.”

The AtlantiCare Cancer Care Institute offersCyberknife® surgeryasanoutpatient procedure. It also offers radiation therapy, chemotherapy/infusion treatments, diagnostic services, as well as access to the latest clinical trials as a Fox Chase Cancer Center Partner. The AtlantiCare Cancer Care Institute has on-site laboratory, pharmacy, social work, nutrition and lymphedema therapy services.

“ The CyberKnife’s flexible robotics allows us to treat tumors from nearly any direction and in nearly any location in the body,” said Law. “At the AtlantiCare Cancer Care Institute, tumors have nowhere to hide,”saidLaw.

The AtlantiCare Cancer Care Institute, a Fox Chase Cancer Center Partner is located in the AtlantiCare Health Park, 2500 English Creek Avenue, Egg Harbor Township. For more information, visit www.atlanticare.org or call the AtlantiCare Access Center at 1- 888-569-1000. - Advertorial

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