News Release

OPEN HOUSE SET AT HOSPITAL'S NEW CANCER CENTER

April 19, 2005 — UPMC Northwest will unveil its new Radiation Oncology Unit (Cancer Center) during an open house Thursday, April 21, at the hospital in Seneca.

The open house is set from 4:30 to 6:30 pm in the new unit on the ground floor of the hospital. Tours, refreshments and door prizes will be part of the event.

The new cancer center is the first in the region to offer intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), a powerful new weapon to fight cancer. With the unit’s leading edge Siemens ONCOR Linear Accelerator and its IMRT function, radiation treatment team members can deliver more precise, more powerful doses of radiation than ever against prostate, breast, lung, head and neck, and other cancers according to radiation oncologist Joanne Dragun, MD.

Dr. Dragun and other members of UPMC Northwest’s radiation treatment team will provide information and answer questions during the event.