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Article: Goshen Center for Cancer Care first in state to use new technology to deliver radiation.
- Article from:
- Cancer Weekly
- Article date:
- November 17, 2009
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As the treatment of cancer through radiation changes - higher doses of radiation delivered to pinpoint locations to target the cancer - the need for tools to measure that precision is becoming greater.
Goshen Center for Cancer Care and James Wheeler, MD, PhD, Director of Radiation Oncology, became the first cancer center and oncologist in Indiana to implement a new technology that measures the dosage of radiation directly from the tumor site (see also Cancer).
This new technology, called DVS[R] or Dose Verification System, is an implantable dosimeter that allows doctors to measure the pre[logical not]cise amount of ra[logical not]diation delivered to ...