The radiation machine at the newly-opened Northern Arizona Tumor Institute in Chino Valley stands ready and waiting to serve patients with shaped beams that lessen the damage to surrounding healthy tissue. Five days a week, Charles Sargent makes the 60-mile roundtrip drive from Paulden to the Northern Arizona Tumor Institute in Prescott for his esophageal cancer treatments. He's been doing it for the past four weeks. "It's a long drive down there for a 10-minute procedure," Sargent says.That's why he's thrilled that the Institute owners have just opened a treatment center in Chino Valley, only eight miles away from Paulden. "If I have to do another session, it's going to be a godsend," Sargent said. (full story)
In efforts to provide local patients access to today’s most advanced cancer care, Northern Arizona Tumor Institute (NATI) has announced that it will open its third new community based center in January, 2009. The cancer center is located at 87 South Highway 89 in Chino Valley, AZ. Dr. Dhirendra J. Patel, Medical Director and founder of NATI’s centers and Dr. Vinod H. Shah will provide state-of-the-art radiation oncology services and Dr. Mukund V. Patel will provide medical oncology and hematology. (full press release)
