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1700 Luther Lane
Park Ridge,
Illinois 60068
Lutheran General Hospital
is located 15 miles northwest
of downtown Chicago and
4 miles north of O'Hare
International Airport.
Email: info@chicagocancer.org
During the past
2 years, Lutheran General was named one of
the top 100 hospitals in the USA in a
"Hospitals: Benchmarks for Success" study
of more than 3,000 acute care hospitals
in the country. It was rated the #1
hospital in the Chicago area for quality
of care and #2 overall in a 1998
"Chicago's Top Hospitals" survey of 82
hospitals. In addition, Lutheran General
ranked first in the city in oncology services.
In 2006 once again, in U.S. News & World
Report’s study of top hospitals, Lutheran
General was ranked in the top 50
for cancer care in the U.S.
The newly built
Center for Advanced Care is located adjacent to
the hospital in a free-standing facility.
Radiation Oncology treatment facilities are
located both on the ground floor of the
hospital and in the outpatient clinic in
the Center for Advanced Care (1700 Luther
Lane, just west of the hospital).
EQUIPMENT
AND PROGRAMS
Our
treatment equipment includes:
- 3 Varian linear accelerators:
- 2 Varian 2100C dual energy
accelerators with asymmetric and mini multi-leaf
collimators. The accelerators have
multiple electron energies
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1 Varian Clinac 6 single energy machine
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Gammamed high-dose rate brachytherapy system (for radioactive implants) used for prostate, breast, esophageal, pulmonary and gynecological malignancies.
- Radionics stereotactic radiosurgery system with BRW, Gill-Thomas and pediatric head frames
- IMPAC patient management / information system
Treatment
planning equipment includes:
- 2
simulators:
- Phillips CT Simulator with a rapid infuser for IV contrast
- Varian Ximatron
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FOCUS 3-dimensional treatment planning system for conformal and intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)
- Radionics X-knife stereotactic radiosurgery system
Special
treatment programs:
- Samarium-153 and Strontium-89 radioisotope injections
- Stereotactic radiosurgery
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Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy
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Pediatric radiation therapy
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Pediatric brain tumor program through the Midwest Children’s Brain Tumor Center
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High-dose rate brachytherapy
- Total body irradiation
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Total skin electron beam therapy
Visit
the Lutheran General website:
www.advocatehealth.com/sites/hospitals/luth/
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