A radiation facility expansion to Mercy Health’s Paducah Cancer Center will provide state of the art radiation treatment to patients across the region.
“We constructed our cancer center a couple of years ago, and we were waiting to get our certificate of need from the state to put in a linear accelerator,†Montville said. “It took a while longer than we planned, but ultimately our patients needed this and wanted this, and we were going to make sure they got it.â€
The radiation expansion also includes a “Tree of Life†for people to purchase leaves to memorialize loved ones who are battling or have lost their lives to cancer, with proceeds funding the Mercy Health Foundation’s cancer fund.
A radiation facility expansion to Mercy Health’s Paducah Cancer Center will provide state of the art radiation treatment to patients across the region.
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A $4.5 million linear accelerator used for cancer radiation treatment, the centerpiece of new equipment in the radiation expansion.
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“We constructed our cancer center a couple of years ago, and we were waiting to get our certificate of need from the state to put in a linear accelerator,†Montville said. “It took a while longer than we planned, but ultimately our patients needed this and wanted this, and we were going to make sure they got it.â€
HARPER SPAULDING | The Sun
The radiation expansion also includes a “Tree of Life†for people to purchase leaves to memorialize loved ones who are battling or have lost their lives to cancer, with proceeds funding the Mercy Health Foundation’s cancer fund.
Mercy Health — Lourdes Hospital is nearing completion of a new radiation oncology expansion at the hospital’s Paducah Cancer Center.
The new radiation oncology facility — which will host a ribbon cutting with tours on June 28 — will allow cancer patients at Mercy Health to receive radiation therapy with their care providers at the hospital, rather than having to be sent to another site. John Montville, the executive director of oncology at Mercy Health — Lourdes Hospital, said their Paducah Cancer Center is the busiest, largest medical oncology program in the region, and the expansion will make their care even more comprehensive. He previewed the new facility for The Sun.
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