NC State Veterinary Medicine: Radiating Hope

August5t h,20 14mar k edt hefir stanni v er sar yoft henewl yr ev ampedRadi at i on Oncol ogypr ogr am atNCSt at e.I t ’ sbeenanex ci t i ngy ear !WhenIfir stsatdown t owr i t e,It houghtIwoul dt el ly ouwher et het eam hasbeeni nt hepasty ear ,and wher ewepl ant ogoi nt hecomi ngmont hs.ButIsatbac kandaf t ert hi nki ngi t t hr oughf orabi t ,Ir eal i z edIhadi tal lwr ong.Thet eam i sn’ tj ustagr oupof doct or s,nur ses,t her api st s,et c.Thet eam al soi ncl udesev er y oner eadi ngt hi s newsl et t er :adedi cat edgr oupoff ol kst hati ncl udesphi l ant hr opi st swhoenabl ed t heest abl i shmentofourbeaut i f ulnew wor l dcl assf aci l i t y ,hundr edsofpat i ent s t hatwe’ v ehadt hehonorofhel pi ngandl ear ni ngf r om,andper hapsmost i mpor t ant l y ,t hei rf ami l i es,whoha v eal l owedust odoourwor k,andwho c hampi onouref f or t sbyser vi ngasc heer l eader sf orourpr ogr am outi nt he communi t y .

So,Ihadi tal lwr ong.Rat hert hanwr i t i ngt ot el ly ouwher et het eam hasbeen, I ’ mi nst eadwr i t i ngt ot el ly ouwher eWE’ VEal lbeen.Ihopey ouenj oyt he updat es,andt hanky ouf oranamaz i ngy ear !Ican’ twai tt ocont i nuewor ki ngwi t h eac handev er yoneofy ouaswemar c hf or war di nourfightagai nstcancer .

I ti sest i mat edt hat50% ofdogsand33% ofcat swi l ldev el opsomef or m ofcancerdur i ngt hei rl i v es.

OurRa di a t i onOnc ol ogyt e a m speci a l i s t sa r ei n v o l v e di nt h ep l a n n i n ga n dd e l i v e r yo fc u s t o md e s i g n e d p a t i e n tt r e a t me n t s .T h e s es p e c i a l i s t si n c l u d eb o a r dc e r t i fi e dr a d i a t i o no n c o l o g i s t s , r e g i s t e r e dv e t e r i n a r y t e c h n i c i a n s , b o a r dc e r t i fi e dme d i c a l r a d i a t i o np h y s i c i s t s , r a d i a t i o no n c o l o g yf o c u s e dr e s i d e n t sa n dc l i e n tc a r e c o o r d i n a t o r s .

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Wi t hi naf ew week sofbei ngt r ea t edwi t has i ngl es es s i onof s t er eot a c t i cr a di a t i ont her a py( SRT) ,Sa r awa sba c kt odoi ngherus ua l wor k .She’ sa l s obeena bl et or es umeherdut i esa sa t her a pydogf ora bus eda ndnegl ec t edc hi l dr en.Gr ea tj ob,a ndt ha nk sf ora l l ofy ourha r dwor k ,Sa r a ! !

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