Vol. 17, No. 2
Spring/Summer 2007
Hand and Feet - From Buttoning to Toe-tapping, they're the 'Every Day' Tools
Advanced Wound Healing Comes to Winthrop
Winthrop Selected as National
Training Center for CyberKnife¨
Winthrop Celebrates Survivors
Healthy KIDS Takes the Show on the Road
Precious Purls Project
Knits Memories for New Moms & Babies
Volunteer Louise Mazzaro Saluted for 33,500 Hours of Service
Smiles for Scott Foundation
Brings Smiles to Pediatric Patients
Smiles for Scott Foundation
Brings Smiles to Pediatric Patients
Golfers Raise More than $400,000 Under Sunny Skies
at Winthrop’s 22nd Annual Golf Tournament
10th Annual Opera
Night Hits a High Note
First Annual Black & White Ball Raises More than $300,000 for CCK
Sleep Disorders Center Achieves Fourth Reaccreditation
Travel Smart: Visit Winthrop's Travel Center
Miracle Foundation Makes
Second Grant of $50,000
Research at Winthrop Addresses Vioxx Heart Attack Risk
Accolades for Winthrop
New Smoke-Free
Campus Policy
Michael Magro Foundation
Donates VeinViewer Imaging System
Annual Swim-a-Thon
Makes a Splash for Pediatrics
New Music Therapy Program
Helps Patients Cope
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Men in the New York Metropolitan
area have been enjoying shorter
treatment time, fewer side effects and
excellent results in the fight against
prostate cancer, at the region's only
CyberKnife RadioSurgery Center at
Winthrop-University Hospital.
In fact, the CyberKnife Center at
Winthrop has been so successful in the
treatment of this form of cancer that it
was recently designated the National
Training Center for CyberKnife treatment
of prostate cancer by Accuray
Inc., the global leader in radiosurgery
that developed the CyberKnife Robotic
Radiosurgery System.
As the National Training Center,
Winthrop is attracting physicians,
physician assistants, radiotherapists,
urologists and other clinicians from
across the United States who desire
CyberKnife training. Participants
receive hands-on instruction on the
use of fractionated radiosurgery to
treat prostate cancer through a fullday
educational course with lectures
by leading Winthrop experts Alan
Katz, MD, Chief of the Division of
Radiation Oncology; Matthew Witten,
PhD, DABR, Director of Winthrop's
CyberKnife Radiosurgery Center;
Michael Santoro, MD, Attending
Urologist; and James Matera, RTT,
Technical Director of the Division of
Radiation Oncology. The course
includes comprehensive training on
the radiobiology of prostate cancer as
well as practical clinical guidelines
for treating prostate cancer using the
CyberKnife system.
"We are excited to be the only
Hospital in the United States to provide
this service in order to advance the
treatment of prostate cancer nationwide
using the CyberKnife Robotic
Radiosurgery System," said Dr. Witten.
Prostate cancer is the most frequently
diagnosed cancer in men and
CyberKnife is providing a landmark
approach to its treatment.
"CyberKnife is a revolutionary
treatment for prostate cancer that
delivers the most accurate radiation
therapy using real-time, image-guided
robotics," said Dr. Santoro. "The system's
multi-jointed robotic arm delivers
radiation therapy from multiple angles,
providing a greater degree of accuracy
in targeting tumors while minimizing
damage to surrounding tissue."
In addition to serving as a highly
effective form of treatment for prostate
cancer, CyberKnife has been approved
by the FDA for treatment of tumors
and lesions anywhere in the body
where radiation therapy is indicated.
Additional conditions amenable to
CyberKnife treatment include lung,
kidney, liver and pancreatic tumors;
acoustic neuromas; recurrent and
residual tumors; arteriovenous malformations
(AVMs); and functional
disorders such as trigeminal neuralgia.
"With CyberKnife, we can now
access previously untreatable tumors
throughout the body when radiation
therapy is indicated," said Dr. Katz.
Winthrop is the only hospital in
the New York Metropolitan area to
offer CyberKnife treatment. For more
information and appointments, call
1-866-WINTHROP.
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