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CAROLINA REGIONAL CANCER CENTER ANNOUNCES PILOT PROGRAM FOR ADAPTIVE TREATMENT PLANNING TO FURTHER EXPAND THE BENEFITS OF ITS TOMOTHERAPY HI•ART TREATMENT SYSTEM

Carolina Regional Cancer Center (CRCC), an affiliate of MUSC Hollings Cancer Center, has initiated a Pilot Program to study the benefits of Adaptive Treatment Planning utilizing the TomoTherapy® Hi•Art® Treatment System, one of the most effective forms of radiation treatment available.  Adaptive tr... [read more]

CAROLINA REGIONAL CANCER CENTER WELCOMES NEWS AS AFFILIATE, MUSC HOLLINGS CANCER CENTER, RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS DESIGNATION BY NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

Carolina Regional Cancer Center (CRCC), affiliated with the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Hollings Cancer Center (HCC), announced today that HCC recently received designation by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as one of the top cancer research centers in the country. HCC is one of only 64 other can... [read more]

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CRCC staff also discusses the nature of any side effects as precisely as can be predicted, including ways to control and minimize these problems or discomforts.

"In our treatment planning process, we determine exactly where the radiation beam is going through in a patient's body," notes Dr. Todd Williams. "We know which organs will receive radiation, and through our three-dimensional computer models, we also know how much radiation those organs will receive and the volume of those organs that will receive a particular dose of radiation. Based upon this information, we can predict with a fairly high degree of accuracy the likelihood and severity of side effects."

"Sometimes tumors are located in such a position that it is impossible to treat without affecting sensitive normal tissue," says Dr. Williams. "For instance, treatment of a tumor in the esophagus would cause a sore throat. In such cases, CRCC physicians take many proactive and ongoing measures to minimize the discomfort the patient would experience."