Reno's Most Advanced Cancer Treatment Options
The Renown Health Institute for Cancer offers specialized cancer treatment programs where oncologists, radiologists, nurses and other health professionals bring the best of their specialties to each patient's needs. By combining advanced technology with the best professionals from all over the country, our patients receive sophisticated treatment along with patient-focused care. It is this special blend of advanced research and experienced care that gives our patients every advantage over this disease.
Renown Introduces TomoTherapy Technology to Northern Nevada
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Renown Regional Medical Center is the first and only hospital in northern Nevada to implement the TomoTherapy® Hi-Art® System, a radiation treatment system with a built-in computerized tomography (CT) scanner. This system allows physicians to view a cancer in three dimensions (3D) so the radiation beam can be focused and delivered with extreme precision.
Leader in Cancer Care
Renown cancer care innovations and milestones include:
- First and only accredited Comprehensive Cancer Care Program in northern Nevada, a distinction that only one in four hospitals have. A distinction we've held since 1986.
- First and only in Northern Nevada to offer TomoTherapy®, a breakthrough cancer treatment
- First in Northern Nevada to offer physician-guided da Vinci Robotic surgery
- Offering patient concierge and nurse navigators to help patients and their families on their journey through treatment with ease and a steady companion
- First in the region to offer patients the chance to participate in clinical trials, administering more than 141 trials to more than 870 patients since 1987
- First in the region to belong to the Community Clinical Oncology Program, which allows the Institute for Cancer to search for a cure through funding for cancer research through the National Cancer Institute
- First and only in the region to offer Pediatric Specialty Care, the regions only program devoted to childhood blood diseases and cancer care
Only 25 percent of the nation's hospitals are accredited for Comprehensive Cancer Care by the American College of Surgeons Commission of Cancer. Renown Institute for Cancer has met the rigorous accreditation standards of the Commission on Cancer since 1986.