ACR Accreditation
Comprehensive Cancer Centers offers the Southern Nevada community, and those outside of our community, access to a full range of treatment options for cancer care. One of these services is radiation oncology (LINK 3), which is an important tool in the treatment of cancer. The practice’s radiation oncology team recently earned an important accreditation for work in this field.
The American College of Radiology (ACR) just awarded a three-year term of accreditation to Comprehensive Cancer Centers’ Radiation Oncology Division. Comprehensive has received the accreditation for eight consecutive three-year terms. The most recent renewal extends the division’s accreditation through December 31, 2024.
The ACR awards accreditation to select facilities for the achievement of high practice standards after a peer review evaluation. Board-certified physicians and medical physicists conduct the evaluations, assessing the qualifications of the personnel and the adequacy of facility equipment. The surveyors report their findings to the ACR’s Committee on Accreditation, which subsequently provides the practice with a comprehensive report. The accreditation is the highest standard awarded to radiation oncology practices.
Comprehensive’s Radiation Oncology Division comprises five of its 14 medical offices. The division includes the Northwest Medical Office, located on Peak Drive near MountainView Hospital; the Summerlin Medical Office and Las Vegas CyberKnife® Radiosurgery at Summerlin, located on the Summerlin Hospital campus; the Southwest Medical Office, located on the Southern Hills Hospital campus; the Central Valley Medical Office, located on South Eastern Avenue near Flamingo Road; and the Henderson Medical Office, located on the St. Rose Dominican Hospital – Siena Campus in Henderson.
Radiation Oncology Offered at Comprehensive Cancer Centers
The Comprehensive Cancer Centers radiation oncology team is dedicated to applying every resource and technology, both existing and emerging, to heal our patients. We employ multiple imaging and treatment technologies to tailor each patient’s radiation therapy. Our radiation oncologists commonly use computer assisted tomography (CT scans), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI scans) and positron emission tomography (PET scans) to create detailed three-dimensional representations of a tumor and surrounding vital organs.
CyberKnife® Radiosurgery at Comprehensive Cancer Centers
CyberKnife® is a painless, non-invasive cancer surgery alternative that uses computer-operated robotics and image guidance technology to treat hard-to-reach tumors. It tracks and destroys tumors in the body or brain while accounting for the patient’s breathing. With benefits including painless, non-surgical cancer treatment, pin-point surgical accuracy, new hope to patients with inoperable or previously radiated tumors, minimized side effects, all of which can be accomplished in one to five short treatments.
About Comprehensive Cancer Centers
Comprehensive Cancer Centers is an award-winning multi-specialty practice comprising medical oncology, hematology, radiation oncology, breast surgery, pulmonary services, cancer genetic counseling and clinical research, with treatment centers and offices throughout Southern Nevada.
For more than 40 years, the practice has provided oncology services to patients in and out of state with a specialized physician and nursing staff. Comprehensive, an affiliate of The US Oncology Network, offers state-of-the-art technologies, latest advancements in cancer treatment and groundbreaking clinical research trials. The practice participates in more than 170 Phase I, Phase II and Phase III clinical research studies each year and has played a role in developing more than 100 FDA-approved cancer therapies.
About The American College of Radiology (ACR)
The ACR is a national professional organization serving more than 38,000 diagnostic/ interventional radiologists, radiation oncologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and medical physicists with programs focusing on the practice of medical imaging and radiation oncology and the delivery of comprehensive health care services.
Comprehensive Cancer Centers Can Help
Physicians at Comprehensive Cancer Centers provide a variety of treatment options for patients with cancer, blood disorders, breast health conditions and pulmonary disease or sleep troubles. To schedule an appointment with the team at Comprehensive, please call 702-952-3350.
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