(Spencer)– Significant equipment upgrades are being made at Spencer Hospital’s Abben Cancer Center. Mindy Sylvester, the center’s director, says it will allow more patients to have their cancer treatments done locally…
With these technologies we will be adding advanced services for deep inspiration breath hold, and that is specifically for left breast patients and also stereotactic radiotherapy and stereotactic radiosurgery which is formulated specifically for treatment of the brain. Currently our community members have to travel to have these treatment options, but with this new equipment and software, soon they will be able to receive this care right here in Spencer. The new CT Simulator will make our treatment planning scans faster so the patient doesn’t have to be on the table as long and the images are even more precise, so it will help with the very specific treatment plans that we need for radiation treatment.”
Sylvester says the upgrades represent a substantial investment…
In addition to radiation oncology, Abben Cancer Center also provides medical oncology and hematology services.
