Our Equipment

With recent advances in cancer treatment, radiation oncologists are now able to map a cancerous site and deliver precise beams of radiation directly to the diseased tissue.

However, differences do exist in the quality of radiation equipment. CCC features state-of-the-art equipment, including:

(1) Varian CLINAC 2100CD linear accelerator with multi-leaf collimator

(2) GE Medical Systems CT Hi Speed Advantage Computed Tomography (CT) Simulator

(3) Phillips/ADAC Pinnacle 3-D treatment planning, and

(4) IMPAC Record and Verification.

This collection of equipment is among the most technically advanced radiation therapy equipment currently available. Varian Oncology Systems, the world's largest supplier of integrated cancer equipment and systems including the market-leading CLINAC medical linear accelerator, is known throughout the health care industry as the premier global radiotherapy manufacturer.

Philips/ADAC's Pinnacle radiation oncology systems computers help oncologists plan, deliver, and evaluate precise radiation treatments for cancer patients. The system combines third-party workstations and printers with Philips/ADAC's proprietary application software. They offer 3-D volumetric image processing and dose computation capabilities that enable physicians to plan the precise application of high-energy radiation to a patient's specific targeted area for the treatment of cancer.

Treatment at CCC is confined to outpatient conventional, external beam radiation therapy, which uses high-energy photons to destroy deep-seeded tumors and high-energy electrons for superficial ones in order to bring about biological change in the tissues toward which the beams are directed. Most of these tissues are malignant tumors or cancer bearing. Benign tumors that cannot be treated with other conventional means are also treated. Between 2 to 8% of these tissues bear benign diseases that are appropriately addressed by radiation therapy when more conservative treatments have failed.

CCC’s advanced radiotherapy equipment allows our radiation oncologists to target tumors with greater precision by conforming to near exactness the treatment area using an advanced robotic-like device called a multi-leaf collimator (“MLC”) and an advanced 3-D treatment planning system. This enables the radiation oncologist to provide more radiation to the tumor area, thus increasing the likelihood of eradicating the disease while significantly reducing morbidity.

Our Advanced IMRT Technology

We are well-equipped to treat practically any malignancy with ground-breaking Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT).

IMRT is a revolutionary new treatment technique where high dose volumes of radiation are sculpted to the unique shape of each patient’s tumor. Based on the tumor size, shape, and location, a powerful advanced computer program plans a precise dose of radiation in three dimensions. IMRT directs radiation at the tumor and varies the intensity of pencil thin beams of radiation focusing on the tumor from multiple directions with high precision. IMRT adds greater accuracy, higher cancer control rate, and lower rate of side effects. Prostate, brain, and head and neck treatments will notably benefit from this modality.