Radiation Oncology at Penn
Penn Radiation Oncology Now Offering Services
in the Ruth and Raymond Perelman Center for
Advanced Medicine
Penn's Department of Radiation Oncology,
a national leader in clinical care, research
and education, is now seeing patients in the
new Ruth and Raymond Perelman
for Advanced Medicine.
The department's
new location, on the Concourse
level, features:
- 47,500 square feet clinical space
- 5 linear accelerators
- 3 CT simulators
- 1 PET/CT simulator
- 1 MRI simulator
- 12 exam rooms
The Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine is
a start-of-the art outpatient facility located
across from the Hospital of the University of
Pennsylvania.
Roberts Proton Therapy Center
The Roberts
Proton Therapy Center, opening
in 2009, will be the world's most comprehensive
proton therapy center and one of only six such
centers in the country. The center will offer
the unique ability to fully integrate conventional
radiation treatment with proton radiation, which
more accurately targets tumors and leaves surrounding,
healthy tissue unaffected.
About Penn Radiation Oncology
As one of the largest and most respected clinical services
in the region, Penn Radiation Oncology offers
a wide range of radiation
therapy services including
many that combine radiation therapy with chemotherapy
and/or surgery. Our
radiation oncologists utilize the latest technology available to treat
many types of cancer from the most common to
the most complex. Our approach encompasses not
only care of our patients, but also research
to discover the treatments of tomorrow.
Penn Radiation Oncology provides complete evaluation,
treatment and follow-up care for patients with
cancer whose disease can be effectively treated
with radiation as well as patients with benign
(non-cancerous) diseases.
Treatment options include:
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