Dear Patient,

Thank you for you interest in specialized radiation treatment options for prostate cancer at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital.

Not all radiation treatments are the same. Facts about Radiation Treatment at Moore Regional:

• Moore Regional Hospital offers the most advanced state of the art equipment available for treating prostate cancer.
• The radiation oncologists and urologists at Moore Regional have extensive experience treating prostate cancer. Each year, Moore Regional’s team of oncologists and urologists see 150 new patients with prostate cancer.
• During the past two years, the prostate cancer specialists at Moore Regional have treated more than 70 patients with High Dose Rate (HDR) brachytherapy.
• Moore Regional is the only hospital in North Carolina that routinely uses HDR brachytherapy for the treatment of prostate cancer patients and has more experience than any facility in the Carolinas with this technique.
• Moore Regional is also one of the first hospitals in North Carolina to treat patients with prostate cancer using Image Guided Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy, the most advanced form of external beam radiation therapy.

The Comprehensive Cancer Center at Moore Regional is accredited with commendation by the American College of Surgeons.

For more information about HDR brachytherapy and advanced external radiation treatments, please click here. For additional information on IMRT please click here.

If you have been diagnosed with prostate cancer and would like to schedule a consultation to discuss specialized radiation treatment options, call Moore Regional at (910) 715-1900 or ask your doctor to schedule an appointment for you. Please let us know if you are interested in speaking with one of our patients who has received HDR brachytherapy.

To view our brochure, click here.

Sincerely,

Stephen C. King, M.D