MVHS describes the Upstate Cancer Center as a “comprehensive resource” for cancer care that will supplement the services currently offered at the MVHS Cancer Center. Upstate will provide advanced outpatient treatments, additional access to clinical research studies, and support services.
As of Nov. 30, Dr. Brij Sood, a board-certified radiation oncologist with 21st Century Oncology, will no longer be affiliated with the MVHS Cancer Center, per the release. He had been serving as the clinical director of MVHS Cancer Center.
In addition, Dr. Gilbert Lawrence will transition into providing care as part of SUNY Upstate while continuing to provide care at the MVHS Cancer Center.
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Dr. Karna Sura from Upstate Medical University will join Dr. Lawrence in providing care at the MVHS Cancer Center. Besides caring for patients at MVHS, Drs. Lawrence and Sura will teach medical students and residents at MVHS as well as Upstate Medical University, “as part of their university appointments,” per the news release.
MVHS also notes that the same group of nurses and radiation therapists will continue treating patients at the MVHS Cancer Center.
About the MVHS Cancer Center
The MVHS Cancer Center offers radiation services that include intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT); image guided radiation therapy (IGRT); stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT); and stereotactic radio surgery (SRS). In addition, its deep inspiration breath hold (DIBH) technology permits treatment of breast cancer “while reducing the radiation dose to the heart.”
The MVHS Cancer Center also uses the varian edge linear accelerator which allows the Cancer Center’s team to deliver radiation treatment to patients “with even greater precision and minimal radiation to the surrounding tissues,” the organization contends. Its “knife-like” beam targets tumors of the brain, spine, lung and other areas that are “typically difficult” to treat surgically.
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