Changes coming in local cancer care
The Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute being built in Lyndora isn't just changing the landscape of Pullman Square, but the landscape of patient treatment in Butler.
As soon as the $20 million building opens next February, the West Penn Allegheny Oncology Network at Benbrook Medical Center in Lyndora will move into the building.
The current West Penn Allegheny Oncology Network location provides chemotherapy services. The merging of the two facilities means the new AHN Cancer Institute - Butler will be a one-stop shop for local patients.
AHN Cancer Institute - Butler's services will include a wide array of clinical and support services, state-of-the-art radiation oncology capabilities, medical oncology and infusion therapy, nutritional counseling, and social services, according to Stephanie Waite, strategic communications advisor for Allegheny Health Network. The facility will also provide patients easier access to clinical trials as well.
To provide these services, AHN is implementing new technologies including a radiotherapy treatment that adapts to different body types or complexity of cases; a new information system that enhances planning, safety, and quality; a CT scanner that views body tissues in 20 layers of detail; and a high-precision radiation treatment that allows tumors to be precisely targeted.
Read more about the new AHN Cancer Institute - Butler in the Eagle.
