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Radiation Oncology CT Simulator

Funding Need: $1,330,000

In radiation therapy, one size does not fit all. Each patient requires a unique set of measurements: how many beams of radiation need to be sent, and from which direction should they emanate to best target the tumor and avoid healthy tissue - not just one time, but identically, every time during the treatment series. CPMC’s CT Simulator that performs this “fitting” is near the end of its life span. Your gift for the new version will mean more detailed images and less time on the table for the patient. Also, the new simulator’s wider opening will more comfortably accommodate patients of all sizes during this first step in the treatment process.

Upgrade to Linear Accelerator

Funding Need: $434,000

“Stop and shoot, stop and shoot.” That’s how specialists describe most cancer treatments by a linear accelerator, because the machine has to pause and move between each burst of radiation, always from a different angle. Compare this with the rapid-arc upgrade: “Zip, zip,” the machine rotates continuously around the patient, completing the treatment in four minutes instead of twenty. Your gift will mean more patients served, with greater accuracy and less risk to healthy tissue. Since treatment takes five trips a week for a month or more, all radiation therapy patients, especially those in pain, will breathe a collective sigh of relief, thanks to you.

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