Goshen Center for Cancer Care first in state to use new technology to deliver radiation.

Cancer Weekly | November 17, 2009 | Copyright

As the treatment of cancer through radiation changes - higher doses of radiation delivered to pinpoint locations to target the cancer - the need for tools to measure that precision is becoming greater.

Goshen Center for Cancer Care and James Wheeler, MD, PhD, Director of Radiation Oncology, became the first cancer center and oncologist in Indiana to implement a new technology that measures the dosage of radiation directly from the tumor site (see also Cancer).

This new technology, called DVS[R] or Dose Verification System, is an implantable dosimeter that ...

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