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Radiation OncologyInformationThe Department of Radiation Oncology at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Medical College of Virginia Campus provides full clinical services to patients at MCV Hospitals, the Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, and Hanover Medical Park – an outlying clinic in the Richmond Metropolitan area. A second community clinic is scheduled to open in 2000. Medical College of Virginia Hospitals maintains the largest acute care center in the state and is one of the four largest teaching health care complexes in the country. The department operates seven linear accelerators (three dual-energy linacs and four low energy linacs. Four of the machines are equipped with MLCs, including one from BrainLab. Four conventional simulators are in use, one of which has CT capability. Treatment planning is carried out on ADAC Pinnacle systems. The department also conducts 3D conformal therapy, special treatment techniques including high dose brachytherapy, stereotactic radiotherapy, and hyperthermia, and intensity-modulated treatments by means of multi-leaf collimation. A full brachytherapy service is offered, including high-dose rate remote afterloading. The current facility is comprised of eight radiation oncologists, eight medical physicists, and four radiation biologists. Clinical and research space of the main department is located in the Massey Cancer Center which has held NCI Cancer Center designation since 1975. Services Offered Radiation therapy (x-rays, gamma rays, and other sources of radiation to destroy cancer cells) Faculty
Locations Massey Cancer Center Stony Point Hanover Medical Park McGuire VA Medical Center Contact Phone: (804) 828-7232 Website: Department of Radiation Oncology
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