From OHC Radiation Oncologists Peter R. Fried, MD, Elizabeth H. Levick, MD, Marc R. Moshbacher, MD, and David Pratt, MD
June 12, 2018
Peter R. Fried, MD, radiation oncologist and co-director of the Gamma Knife Program
Thanks to a new partnership, patients now have access to a full range of treatment options for tumors of the brain and central nervous system.
OHC, the region’s premier source of treatment for nearly every form of adult cancer and complex blood disorders, is pleased to partner with Mayfield Brain & Spine and The Jewish Hospital – Mercy Health to launch a new Brain Tumor Center.
The greatest benefit of the Brain Tumor Center is that it will provide patients with access to exceptional surgical services and innovative technology.
Most notably is Gamma Knife ICON technology, which OHC doctors have been using to deliver radiation to brain tumors to destroy the tumor cells while causing little or no radiation damage to the surrounding normal tissue. OHC has treated more than 850 patients using Gamma Knife, giving them new hope and a vastly improved quality of life. In some cases, patients experience improvement within minutes of the procedure.
We use 3D imaging to pinpoint the tumor. Then we come at it with low dose radiation from multiple sides of the head. When these multiple beams meet, the result is a highly targeted high dose of radiation right at the center of the tumor. The precision is amazing.
Mayfield, which operates the region’s leading brain tumor surgery program, brings nationally recognized and highly specialized brain tumor surgeons to the center. Mayfield’s surgeons have performed nearly 10,000 brain tumor cases over the past 25 years – more than 6,000 open surgeries and more than 3,800 stereotactic radiosurgery procedures, in which precisely targeted beams of radiation eradicate tumors without an incision.
Mercy Health has invested $15 million in infrastructure, technology and talent in the Brain Tumor Center, which furthers The Jewish Hospital’s position as Mercy Health’s neurosurgery center of excellence. The Brain Tumor Center features 22 physicians who specialize in neurosurgery, otolaryngology (ear, nose and throat), radiation oncology, medical oncology, neuropathology, neuroradiology and rehabilitation medicine.
The Brain Tumor Center’s team of experts can treat all tumors and lesions of the brain and spine, including:
- Glioma/glioblastoma
- Metastatic tumors
- Meningioma
- Skull base tumors
- Pituitary tumors
- Lymphoma
- Brain lesions
- Spinal tumors
Another benefit is that OHC’s clinical trials program will give patients access to the newest treatments through clinical trials. OHC offers the most cancer clinical trials in the Cincinnati area thanks to its team of 31 dedicated researchers who are engaged daily in a passionate search for innovative treatment options. That dedication is evidenced by OHC’s participation over the last several years in 80 percent of clinical trials in which cancer treatments were ultimately approved by the FDA.
Through its affiliation with The US Oncology Network, a national network of independent physicians, OHC’s researchers have access to more than 300 clinical trials, including the ground-breaking CAR T-cell immunotherapy, the most promising treatment since the introduction of chemotherapy.
OHC’s clinical research program is one of only six community oncology practices in the nation recognized by the Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology for its commitment to high-quality cancer research. OHC is dedicated to conquering cancer worldwide by providing treatments to patients in the communities it serves.
The Brain Tumor Center offers:
- The region’s only Gamma Knife® ICON™ radiosurgery program, through which OHC doctors have performed more than 850 procedures using Gamma Knife.
- The region’s only team of radiation oncologists using Gamma Knife technology
- The region’s only skull base brain tumor program featuring fellowship-trained neurosurgeons and ENT surgeons
- OHC clinical trials program
- A multidisciplinary Brain Tumor Board
For more information about the Brain Tumor Center, visit the OHC Brain Tumor Center page or call OHC toll free at 1-800-710-4674. You can also call the Brain Tumor Center at 1-855-823-1537.
