MCLAREN PROTON THERAPY CENTER
G-4100 Beecher Road
Flint, MI 48532
(810) 342-3840
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1-855-MY-PROTON
(1-855-697-7686)
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Latest Developments in Proton Therapy:
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 eleven proton beam therapy centers in the United States.
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
Anticipated Opening Fall 2013
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. ... 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.
- 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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- June 17: Eugen Hug, M.D., President, PTOG, North America at Holiday Inn Gateway Center, Flint
- May 20: "Proton Therapy for New and Novel Indications", Sameer Keole, MD at McLaren Ballenger Auditorium
- June 2-8: PTCOG meeting, Essen, Germany
- Video Lecture: Anita Mahajan, MD on Proton Beam Therapy
- Video Lecture: Sameer Keole, MD on the Benefits of Proton Beam Therapy
- Watch our videos on the updates in Proton Therapy seminar held 12/6/11.
- Latest Cancer Newsletter - Flint
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