{"id":1314896,"date":"2019-09-22T18:33:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T00:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=987977"},"modified":"2019-09-22T18:33:40","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T00:33:40","slug":"the-holy-grail-of-prostate-hdr-valley-view-hospital-brings-new-medical-device-orion-to-calaway-young-cancer-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/the-holy-grail-of-prostate-hdr-valley-view-hospital-brings-new-medical-device-orion-to-calaway-young-cancer-center\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Holy Grail of prostate HDR,\u201d Valley View Hospital brings new medical device Orion to Calaway Young Cancer Center"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr. Peter Rossi, Nikala Harris and Angela Gammell at Valley View Hospital\u2019s Calaway Young Cancer Center<\/strong>
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Valley View Hospital\u2019s Calaway Young Cancer Center has acquired a medical device called Orion, which doctors say assists in the treatment of prostate cancer.<\/p>\n

\u201cProstate cancer is the number one cancer diagnosis of men. It\u2019s the number two cause of cancer death in men,\u201d said Dr. Peter Rossi, MD, Calaway Young Cancer Center radiation oncologist. \u201cThat is a very common cancer that we see here that we diagnose and treat.\u201d<\/p>\n

Developed by C4 Imaging, Orion was recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and helps doctors like Rossi when performing high dose rate brachytherapy \u2014 a standard option for the treatment of many forms of cancer.<\/p>\n

\u201cA historical difficulty with HDR brachytherapy with prostate cancer is combining our best imaging, which is an MRI, and integrating it into the treatment. \u2026This is where the Orion comes in,\u201d said Rossi.<\/p>\n

HDR brachytherapy involves temporarily inserting small, plastic catheters into the prostate and then delivering radiation through the catheters.<\/p>\n

\u201cPreviously they could not be seen on MRI, which again is our best tool,\u201d said Rossi. \u201cWith this new tool \u2026 we are able to see our needles.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is part of our program now,\u201d said Rossi concerning the Orion medical device.<\/p>\n

According to a news release, Valley View Hospital was also the first to use Orion, which Rossi describes as state of the art.<\/p>\n

Orion supports a treatment plan tailored to each individual\u2019s anatomy, which in turn minimizes the possibility of side effects, Rossi explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cMRI is the only tool where we can actually see cancer within the prostate,\u201d said Rossi. \u201cIt is also where we can best see what we are trying to avoid, which is the common side effects of something like this which is harm to the rectum, the bladder or to sexual function.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Rossi, the new imaging allows doctors to better protect areas of the body that do not need radiation while attacking areas that do.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can control our radiation in the most precise way possible,\u201d said Rossi. \u201cThis has been the Holy Grail of prostate HDR.\u201d<\/p>\n

mabennett@postindependent.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Dr. Peter Rossi, Nikala Harris and Angela Gammell at Valley View Hospital\u2019s Calaway Young Cancer CenterProvided\/Valley View Hospital Valley View Hospital\u2019s Calaway Young Cancer Center has acquired a medical device called Orion, which doctors say assists in the treatment of prostate cancer. \u201cProstate cancer is the number one cancer diagnosis of men. It\u2019s the number […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1314896","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-27 21:07:01","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1314896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314896\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1314896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1314896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1314896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}