INTRODUCTION

The American Cancer Society estimates that 1.3 million people will be diagnosed with cancer in 2005, resulting in 570,000 deaths. This year in Wyoming there will be 2,380 cases of cancer diagnosed. 

These patients will have access to the most technologically advanced, most precise method of External Beam Radiation Therapy available. The Welch Cancer Center is a state-of-the-art facility capable of delivering IMRT (Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy).  

“Radiation Therapy is used today in more than half of all cancer treatments due to its unique clinical advantages, and it is becoming steadily more effective with new technologies that permit ultra-precise dose delivery,” says John Stamato, M.D. “Our center is equipped with state-of-the-art capabilities which our highly trained medical staff will use for treating cancer with laser-like precision. We have the potential to substantially improve both patient comfort and cure rates by protecting healthy tissue while delivering more powerful doses to the tumor.”

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