Types of Cancer Treatment

The Global Oncology Health Network is committed to providing information on cancer treatment, prevention, and medical technology to help detect cancer.  For this Blog, we want to share the different types of cancer treatments available to patients.  There are a wide range of treatment options available and some newer forms of treatment including alternate treatments.

Types of Cancer Treatments (info shared from www.cancer.org) 

Surgery

Surgery can diagnose, treat, or even help prevent cancer in some cases. Most people with cancer will have some type of surgery. It often offers the greatest chance for cure, especially if the cancer has not spread to other parts of the body. 

Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy (chemo) is the use of medicines or drugs to treat cancer. The thought of having chemotherapy frightens many people. But knowing what chemotherapy is, how it works, and what to expect can often help calm your fears. It can also give you a better sense of control over your cancer treatment.

Radiation Therapy

Radiation therapy uses high-energy particles or waves to destroy or damage cancer cells. It is one of the most common treatments for cancer, either by itself or along with other forms of treatment. Learn more about radiation therapy in this section.

Targeted Therapy

Targeted therapy is a newer type of cancer treatment that uses drugs or other substances to more precisely identify and attack cancer cells, usually while doing little damage to normal cells. Targeted therapy is a growing part of many cancer treatment regimens.

Immunotherapy

Immunotherapy is treatment that uses your body's own immune system to help fight cancer. Get information about the different types of immunotherapy and the types of cancer they are used to treat.

Hyperthermia

The idea of using heat to treat cancer has been around for some time, but early attempts had mixed results. Today, newer tools allow more precise delivery of heat, and hyperthermia is being studied for use against many types of cancer.

Stem Cell Transplant (Peripheral Blood, Bone Marrow, andCord Blood Transplants)

Bone marrow transplants and other types of stem cell transplants can be used to treat cancer. 

Photodynamic Therapy

Photodynamic therapy or PDT is a treatment that uses special drugs, called photosensitizing agents, along with light to kill cancer cells. The drugs only work after they have been activated or "turned on" by certain kinds of light.

Lasers in Cancer Treatment

Lasers, which are very powerful, precise beams of light, can be used instead of blades (scalpels) for very careful surgical work, including treating some cancers.

Blood Product Donation and Transfusion

Transfusions of blood and blood products temporarily replace parts of the blood when a person's body can't make its own or has lost them from bleeding.

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Changing standards for providing diagnostic imaging services

The Global Oncology Health Network is committed to providing you the latest news in diagnostic imaging services.  Contact us if we can provide you further info on this topic!

The Joint Commission recently approved standards changes for accredited hospitals, critical access hospitals, and ambulatory care organizations that provide diagnostic imaging services, including those ambulatory organizations that have achieved Advanced Diagnostic Imaging certification. The changes will be effective July 1, 2014, with additional requirements to be phased in by 2015.

Changes in Standards

• Minimum competency for radiology technologists, including registration and certification by July 1, 2015
• Annual performance evaluations of imaging equipment by a medical physicist
• Documentation of CT radiation dose in the patient’s clinical record
• Meeting the needs of the pediatric population through imaging protocols and by considering patient size or body habitus when establishing imaging protocols
• Management of safety risks in the MRI environment
• Collection of data on incidents during which identified radiation dose limits have been exceeded

The standards changes relate to either quality and safety issues that were needed to more fully address the evolution of health care delivery practices, or expanding upon the current Joint Commission requirements, such as those related to magnetic resonance imaging. The revisions incorporate recommendations from diagnostic imaging experts, professional associations, and accredited organizations on topic areas that must be evaluated to ensure the safe delivery of diagnostic imaging services.

“With these updates, The Joint Commission’s goal is to ensure that our imaging standards remain up-to-date and sufficiently address quality and safety,” said Margaret VanAmringe, MHS, executive vice president, Public Policy & Government Relations, The Joint Commission. “These rigorous imaging standards address overall patient safety, oversight of imaging services, staff competency, radiation safety procedures, equipment maintenance and quality control.  This system evaluation seeks to ensure that organizations providing imaging services have the requisite infrastructure and safety culture to minimize radiation exposure to patients and staff and provide safe and effective care.”

Because of the scope of this work, standards changes will be addressed using a phased approach. These initial standards changes represent phase one, which focus on computed tomography (CT), nuclear medicine (NM), positron emission tomography (PET), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) services. Phase two, to be implemented in 2015 will focus on fluoroscopy, minimum qualifications for clinicians who perform imaging exams, and cone beam CT used in dental offices and oral-maxillary surgery practices.

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Medical Equipment De-Installs & Installations without interruption of patient or staff!

The Global Oncology Health Network has been in the business of deinstalling and reinstalling all imaging modalities of medical equipment, for more than twenty years. Computed Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanners, Linear Accelerators, Simulators and Rad rooms.

How we started

In 1995 we began the journey in the De-Installation, crating and transportation service. We have been servicing clients nationally and internationally. Working with clinics like St Louis University Hospital, Tenet, HMA, Clarian Health, The Doctors Hospital Nationally, to name a few. In addition, internationally servicing clients in China, Russia and South America.

The greatest challenge of all, however, is not with the systems being de-installed, but with the coordination and communications with hospital staff. The real key is to remove equipment without disturbing the patients or staff. Aside from keeping the noise level at a minimum, the process requires adequate ventilation, cleanliness and safe removal from facility to dock. It has to be like you’re not even there.

Deinstalling an MRI

Here are a couple videos of us in action deinstalling an MRI in Hudson Florida.

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Featured Product of the week!

Looking for used medical equipment or parts?

The Global Oncology Network can get you what you need! If you are looking for specific pre-owned medical equipment or parts, simply complete our short request form and we'll go to work to help you find the medical equipment, devices, or part you need.

Whether you are looking to simply replace old linear accelerators or to add new capacity and capabilities, The Global Oncology Health Network has a solution for every unique need. Let our expert help tailor a solution for your oncology devices and parts needs. Whether you need new or pre-owned medical equipment, we can service your needs.

Featured medical equipment of the week

C-ARM X-RAY
1995 vascular Siemens Siremobil

Our featured product of the week is a C-ARM X-RAY 1995 vascular Siemens Siremobil. This equipament is acompact all-round performer in intraoperative imaging. It supports various surgical applications in general surgery, orthopedics, trauma, pain management and ambulatory care. Thanks to its compact and ergonomic design, it is particularly easy to handle and operate. This means accelerated workflow and ultimately significant time and cost savings in your daily work.

• Designed for high-quality imaging at low dose
• Engineered for reliability
• Shaped for advanced ergonomic handling and easy positioning
• Built for user-friendly integration into clinical workflows

Exceptional image quality

SIREMOBIL C-ARM X-RAY features a new, digital 1K2 imaging system with ideally matched components. Together with its mu-metal shielded 23 cm (9") image intensifier, the imaging system offers high brightness and high contrast. Furthermore, two high-resolution TFT monitors display excellent, flicker-free images and provide a more than 170° viewing angle, horizontally as well as vertically. Beyond that, the uniquely designed X-ray tube supports extended fluoro times of more than 50 minutes – at the lowest possible dose. This is, for example, especially suited for thoracic imaging applications, such as the placement of pacemakers, which require exceptionally long fluoro times.





As little dose as possible

SIREMOBIL C-ARM X-RAY follows the Siemens CARE (Combined Applications to Reduce Exposure) initiative, which helps to reduce dose for both clinicians and patients. The collimator locations can be displayed on LIH (Last Image Hold) to avoid additional radiation during collimator adjustments.

Designed for easiest maneuverability

SIREMOBIL C-ARM X-RAY is easy to handle, maneuver, and transport — it is small, lightweight, and ergonomic through and through. Color-coded brakes and scales facilitate unmistakable communication in a busy OR environment. The new image intensifier and chassis handles on the C-arm steadily enable accurate system adjustments, allowing you to fully concentrate on your patients. The ergonomic design of the easy-to-maneuver system trolley further supports fast operation and data entry.



Product Specs:

C-Arm Siremobil Image Intensifier Units feature digital technique for fluoroscopy and direct radiography.

 

In stock recently acquired a 1994 and 1995 system with dual monitors. Both operational with 12" Image Intensifiers. L.I.H. (last image hold in Floro mode) Change over between operating monitor and storage monitor is easily done to review x-rays. Both systems where used in the hospital for vascular studies.

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Welcome to our Blog!

The Global Oncology Health Network is now going to be blogging once a week!  We will be writing about a variety of topics including news in the medical equipment world, news in the healthcare industry, tips for installing and de-installing used medical equipment, and featuring our inventory of pre-owned medical equipment.  Please let us know if there is a particular topic you are interested in, and we will feature it!

C-ARM X-RAY 1995 vascular Siemens Siremobil                  

Pre-Owned & Used Medical Equipment
The Global Oncology Health Network

The Global Oncology Health Network is a full service imaging consulting support organization, with used and pre-owned medical imaging equipment. We recycle, deinstall, refurbish and relocate medical equipment to your facility.

Our Mission

Develop an International network helping hospitals and clinics locally and Globally. With our Design/Build team, we provide TurnKey services with all Imaging Equipment and modalities, inclusing CT, MRI, Cath Labs, Simulators and Linear Accelerators, as well as diagnostic and radiation therapy systems for sales and service. 

We've been working with hospitals, clinics and new Design/Build projects for over twenty years. We save our clients thousands of dollars over the OEM's pricing with our warrantied pre-owned systems and parts. We welcome you to ask our clients, like Med Market Place how easy and efficient we are to work with.

Specializing in Pre-Owned & Used Medical Equipment, our services include:

• Purchase of systems
• Sale of pre-owned and refurbished systems
• System rentals
• De-installation and removal of systems
• Disposal of systems
• OEM parts, including pre-owned and refurbished
• Hard to find parts and medical equipment
• Chiropractor X-ray
• Chiropractor Digital
• Podiatry Digital
• Direct Radiology (DR)
• Computerized Radiographic (CR)
• Analog to digital ppgrades on x-ray systems

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