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LONG BRANCH, NJ, December 2009 — Monmouth Medical
Center’s world-class Institute for Advanced Radiation Oncology
has once again gained global attention for its delivery of cutting-edge
cancer treatment.
TomoTherapy Inc. recently named Monmouth Medical Center’s
Institute for Advanced Radiation Oncology their official physician
global training site. Monmouth has been selected as the first
Global site. As a global physician training site, Monmouth will
offer 10 three-day trainings each year, and the money raised
through the training will be used for a radiation education fund.
An advanced cancer treatment platform that optimizes the delivery
of radiation for tumors, TomoTherapy technology was unveiled
at Monmouth Medical Center in 2008. It combines precise
3-D imaging from CT scans with highly targeted radiation beams.
Over the last decade, Monmouth’s Institute for Advanced
Radiation Oncology has taken the spotlight for its pioneering
role in the delivery of the most-advanced breakthroughs in 3-D
conformal radiotherapy — which is dramatically improving
cancer treatment at leading institutions throughout the United
States.
Physicians Mitchell Weiss, M.D., and Sang Sim, M.D., along with
physicist Jack Yang, Ph.D., all of whom are members of Monmouth’s
radiation oncology team, have also gained international, national
and state recognition for their clinical research into advanced
methods of radiation therapy.
“It is quite an honor to be part of such international forums, where
highly respected professionals from around the world come together to learn
about the latest developments in the field of radiation oncology,” says
Dr. Weiss, chairman of radiation oncology at Monmouth. “It is a testament
to our success at Monmouth in providing our patients with the most-effective
treatment utilizing the most-advanced systems available in the medical community
today.”
The new training course was piloted in November 2009 at Monmouth
Medical Center. Four physicians from TomoTherapy treatment centers
around the world attended the three-day course focused on peer-to-peer
learning. According to James Coster, M.D., a radiation oncologist
with US
Oncology, Inc., affiliate Kansas
City Cancer Center, the new program addresses an important
need. "From expanding what I consider an appropriate range
of applications to improving treatment planning strategies, the
M.D. training course was extremely valuable to me as a new user," said
Dr. Coster. "Instruction like this should accelerate one's
ascent up the learning curve for this unique technology."
In 1998, Monmouth was chosen as an intensity modulated radiation
therapy (IMRT) “elite model site” for Siemens Medical
Solutions, the Malvern, Pa.-based health care supplier that developed
the system that first integrated many of Monmouth’s leading-edge
radiation oncology technologies. As a result of this status,
it hosted hundreds of site visits over the last decade, welcoming
radiation oncologists, medical physicists and other cancer specialists
from throughout the world to explore the process and benefits
of establishing an IMRT practice in a community hospital.
Gaining international, national and state recognition for its
clinical research into advanced methods of radiation therapy
in recent years, the Institute for Advanced Radiation Oncology’s
achievements paved the way for Monmouth Medical Center to become
the first hospital in Monmouth County to earn accreditation from
the American College of Radiation Oncology for the quality, safety
and appropriateness of its radiation therapy.
To learn more about TomoTherapy technology or
other advanced radiation therapy treatment options at Monmouth,
call
1-888-SBHS-123.
CONTACT: Dennis Wilson
Director of Public Relations
732-923-5005
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