LOCAL CANCER CENTER EXPANDS RADIATION TREATMENT AVAILABLE IN LANCASTER.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer LANCASTER - Cancer patients who have been traveling to the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. to undergo radiation therapy can now receive those services in Lancaster at a local cancer center. Valley Tumor Medical Group, also known as AV Cancer Center, will provide the services to Olive View-UCLA Medical Center Olive View-UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located in the Sylmar neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. The hospital was founded on October 27, 1920, and is funded by Los Angeles County [1]. cancer patients who live in the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley . ``Since High Desert (Hospital) closed, we have been getting oncology patients referred here from out there,'' said Gretchen McGinley, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. at Olive View. ``We needed to find someone who provides that service out in the High Desert so patients don't have to come down here for radiation therapy. It's for patience convenience.'' County supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to approve changing Valley Tumor's existing contract, under which it provide services to patients referred from the county's High Desert Health System, to add on Olive View as a referring facility. The change will add $92,000 to the three-year, $711,000 contract with Valley Tumor that runs through March 31, 2007, for a total cost of $803,000. McGinley said Olive View patients from the Antelope Valley have been going to two providers in the San Fernando Valley. The change will affect an estimated 20 to 25 people, she said. The county Department of Health Services Department of Health Services may refer to:
``Currently, the agreement with Valley Tumor provides these radiation services only to patients referred by High Desert Health System,'' the report said. The agreement will cover both routine and emergency diagnostic and therapeutic services, including ultrasound, nuclear cardiology nuclear cardiology Imaging The use of nuclear imaging techniques in the noninvasive study of cardiovascular disease–eg, myocardial perfusion imaging, planar imaging, SPECT–single-photon-emission computed tomography, infarction imaging. and mammography mammography, diagnostic procedure that uses low-dose X rays to detect abnormalities in the breasts. The early diagnosis of breast cancer made possible by the routine use of mammography for screening women increases a woman's treatment alternatives and improves her studies, the report said. The report said Valley Tumor is the only provider in the greater Lancaster area that provides radiation therapy for cancer patients. Karen Maeshiro, (661) 267-5744 karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com |
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