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The Bruno Cancer Center takes a "body, mind and
spirit" approach to caring for cancer patients and their families. Our comprehensive
program blends high-tech treatment with a caring, personal touch. The Bruno
Cancer Center participates in clinical research trials affiliated with the University
of Alabama at Birmingham Phase I clinical trials in the Southeast Oncology Group.
These groups are dedicated to the improvement of patient care through disciplinary
research. The Cancer Center follows strict research protocols for all of its treatments.
Operating on the premise that high-quality cancer patient care is a very complex
and personnel-intensive process, we emphasize a multidisciplinary team approach
integrating the services of our physicians, nurses,
social services, chaplains,
hospital
and community support programs, home services, and
administrative staff. Additionally, the Bruno Cancer Center sponsors annual
screenings provided to the community at no cost for cancers of the head, neck,
and face; prostate cancer; and skin cancer. Patient care is planned and managed
by teams based in the Bruno Cancer Center and Oncology Unit. On-site medical and
radiation oncologists collaborate with surgeons, primary care, and other physician
consultants primarily in those areas but also on other hospital floors. Virtually
every new cancer diagnosis is reviewed weekly by a multidisciplinary physician
tumor conference. This system offers patients and physicians a dynamic process
that organizes and implements the major (and seemingly minor) elements of a comprehensive
physician service. MammoSite,Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) and TomoTherapy Following
a tradition of providing high-tech treatment with a caring, personal touch, St.
Vincent's Bruno Cancer Center is proud to introduce two new tools in the
fight against cancer and breast preservation to the Birmingham area. MammoSite
- MammoSite is an outpatient treatment option that offers patients with early-stage
breast cancer a new option for radiation therapy. More.
. . Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT)
- IMRT is the latest technological advance of therapy that allows Radiation Oncologists
the ability to more accurately target the affected areas while minimizing the
affects and damage to normal tissue. More. . . TomoTherapy - TomoTherapy delivers a very sophisticated form of IMRT, or intensity modulated radiotherapy and integrates treatment planning, patient positioning, and treatment delivery in one cancer-fighting system. More...
Bruno
Cancer Center 2006 Annual Report
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