Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, located in the western suburbs of Chicago, has a distinguished reputation for excellence in patient care. This is most evidenced by achieving the Malcolm Baldrige and the Lincoln Gold awards. Our passion for excellence extends to our oncology services, which combine physician expertise, advanced technology, and compassionate patient care. We understand the difficulties of a cancer diagnosis. Our patient navigator is a nurse with special expertise in oncology who can help you effectively deal with the challenges you are facing. The American Cancer Society has a representative on site to access resources you may need, and our Look Good, Feel Better program will help you look and feel like yourself again. Our friendly staff and expert physicians will welcome you in our beautiful setting, which includes a healing garden.
EQUIPMENT AND PROGRAMS:
Treatment machines:
- A Siemens Primus linear accelerator: Dual energy accelerator with asymmetric and multi-leaf collimators.
- TomoTherapy Hi-ART
- Multiple electron energies
- Portal imaging system
- Sonarray Ultrasound
- Varian Varisource iX HDR Unit
- IMPAC patient management / information system with electronic medical records
Treatment planning:
- Simulator: GE Hi-Speed Advantage CT scanner
- CMS FOCUS 3-dimensional treatment planning system with IMRT
- TomoTherapy Planning Station with IMRT
Treatment programs:
- Intensity modulated radiation therapy
- Samarium-153 radioisotope injections
- Zevalin radioisotope injections
- Pediatric radiation therapy
- High Dose-Rate Brachytherapy for breast, gynecologic
- Prostate seed implant program using I-125 or Pd-103
- Low Dose-Rate Brachytherapy for gynecologic malignancies
Visit the
Good Samaritan Cancer Care Center
website: http://www.advocatehealth.com/gsam/
