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Lung Cancer Awareness Month A Time to Take Action
As a disease that annually takes the lives of more people than breast, prostate, colon and pancreatic cancers combined, lung cancer will kill more than 156,000 people in the United States this year, according to the American Cancer Society. Additionally, about a quarter of a million people will face a lung cancer diagnosis.
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month — a time to take action, quit smoking, educate loved ones and raise awareness for the leading cause of cancer deaths in men and women.
Local Physicist Presents Research Findings at International Meeting
BOULDER, Colo. — Bradley Schuller, a physicist with Boulder-based Rocky Mountain CyberKnife, recently presented research findings from a pilot study conducted in conjunction with Mountain Radiation Oncology Consultants at the 53rd annual meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) in Vancouver.
The study examined the calculation of cumulative biological effective dose (BED) distributions in multi-modality cancer treatment plans, specifically those in which patients were treated with conventional radiation therapy followed by stereotactic body radiotherapy. The BED represents the amount of radiation delivered to a tumor site and takes into account various factors influencing the effects of radiation on a given tissue.
Local Physician Recieves CyberKnife Certification
BOULDER, Colo. — Dr. Tyler Kemmis, radiation oncologist and medical director for Boulder Cancer Care, recently completed a multi-phase training program required to treat patients with the CyberKnife, a noninvasive robotic radiosurgery system available at Rocky Mountain CyberKnife, a service of Boulder Community Hospital.
Kemmis underwent training at “CyberKnife University,” an extensive program offered by Accuray Inc., the manufacturer of CyberKnife, at its corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. The program includes instruction from medical physicists and radiation therapists, as well additional local training through Rocky Mountain CyberKnife radiation oncologist Dr. Lee McNeely.
Rocky Mountain CyberKnife Upgrades to Latest Technology
Next-generation CyberKnife 8.5 Increases Accuracy, Reduces Treatment Time
BOULDER, Colo. – Rocky Mountain CyberKnife, which opened in 2003 as the first CyberKnife center in Colorado, has completed an upgrade to the next-generation CyberKnife® system, providing Colorado residents the most advanced form of cancer treatment with the world’s first and only robotic radiosurgery system.
Dr. McNeely on KOA-AM – June 02
The following interview with Dr. McNeely, Medical Director of Rocky Mountain CyberKnife, aired on the “Your Health” program of radio station KOA-AM, Tuesday, June 2 at 6:20 a.m. and 8:20 a.m. [ Click here ] to listen to the interview.