Gershenson Radiation Oncology Center
The Karmanos Cancer Center’s Gershenson Radiation Oncology Center is the main center for the Radiation Oncology Program at Wayne State University / Karmanos Cancer Center / Detroit Medical Center. At this center patients are consulted and treated within all disease sites and modalities with a multidisciplinary approach.
Gershenson treats 120 patients per day (60 percent of the system volume) dominantly with external beam and numerous special procedures: intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery, high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy, total body irradiation (TBI) and neutrons now with a multileaf collimator. We have one of two functional neutron units fashioned for clinical use in the U.S. Residents train in an environment of multidisciplinary care with emphasis on research. Karmanos is one of 39 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the U. S. and together with Wayne State University they are conducting more than 400 cancer-specific scientific investigation programs and clinical trials.
Equipment and technology:
- Varian 2100 C - MLC
- Varian 2300 C/D – MLC – IMRT
- Varian 2300 EX – MLC – IMRT
- TomoTherapy – IMRT - IGRT
- Leksell Gamma Knife – Model C
- Theratron Co-60 Unit - TBI
- Nucletron Microselectron - HDR - Ir-192 unit – for interstitial and intracavitary brachytherapy
- Siemens - CT simulator - 40 Slice – 4-D capability
- Varian Ximatron conventional X-ray simulator
- IMPAC patient management system
- Eclipse treatment planning system: conventional treatment as well as IMRT treatment planning
- Plato – HDR treatment planning system
- SonArray – ultrasound IGRT
- Prostate LDR implant capabilities
- Mammosite treatment capabilities