What is a cancer Centre of excellence?
When a facility is designated a Cancer Center of Excellence, that means that it offers patients a multidisciplinary approach and access to all treatment options available.
How do radiation oncologists treat cancer?
Radiation therapy kills cancer cells or slows their growth by damaging their DNA. Radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy) is a cancer treatment that uses high doses of radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors.
What oncology means?
(on-KAH-loh-jee) A branch of medicine that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
What is the best cancer hospital in Ireland?
Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute is the first Irish cancer institute to be accredited by the Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI). The OECI mission is to foster high quality comprehensive cancer care, research and education, with the aim of improving patient outcomes throughout Europe.
What is the meaning of radiation oncology?
Listen to pronunciation. (RAY-dee-AY-shun on-KAH-loh-jist) A doctor who has special training in using radiation to treat cancer.
Why choose Juravinski Cancer Centre for cancer treatment?
I went to Juravinski Cancer Centre to be treated for stage 3 breast cancer in fall of 2019. The medical treatment I received over the 8 months of treatment was excellent–the oncologists, the technicians, the admin staff were great.
What is the Juravinski Hospital?
JCC treats patients from far and wide, including Niagara Region. Hamilton and Canada should be proud of this hospital. Thanks also to the Juravinskis for their generous donations that make this world class hospital possible. I went to the Juravinski this morning for a checkup.
What does the division of radiation oncology do?
The Division of Radiation Oncology provides comprehensive radiation treatment services to cancer patients within a multidisciplinary and academic setting. Treatment is available at both the Juravinski Cancer Centre at Hamilton Health Sciences and the Walker Family Cancer Centre in Niagara.
What is the division of Medical Oncology?
The Division of Medical Oncology provides innovative and state-of-the-art treatment for patients with solid malignancies to all cancer patients in LHIN 4. There are 22 Division members based at the Juravinski Cancer Centre and its affiliates and an additional 12 medical oncologists and hematologists based at the Walker Family Cancer Centre.
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