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Oneida Health and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center: O N E I D A H E A LT H C A N C E R Ca re, a member of the Roswel l Pa rk Ca re Network — the most expansive commu- nity cancer, supportive and specialized care affiliation spanning New York State, led by Roswell Park — brings high-quality services to patients with cancer in Central New York. The most recent — and one of the most exciting — developments is the opening of the Dorothy G. Griffin Radiation Oncolog y Center in Oneida, which opened to the public in July 2019. ADVANCED SERVICES, TECHNOLOGY AND EXPERTISE The Dorothy G. Griffin Radiation Oncology Center is a 6,000-square-foot facility overseen by the center's full-time Medical Director, Shilpa Vyas, MD, a fellowship- trained, board-certified Roswell Park radiation oncologist. "Oneida Health Cancer Care is essen- tia lly a clinica l ex tension of Roswell Park," Dr. Vyas says. "I am available at the Dorothy G. Griffin Radiation Oncology Center f ive days a week, a nd it is my responsibility to ensure we are providing each and every patient with the same, high-quality radiation oncology services they would receive if they travelled to our main campus in Buffalo." According to Dr. Vyas, these radiation oncology services include CT simulation for radiation treatment planning scans and multiple kinds of external beam radia- tion therapy (EBRT) — a technique that uses a TrueBeam linear accelerator to Unparalleled radiation oncology in CnY BY JENNA HAINES A S A MEMBER OF THE ROSWEll PARK CARE NE T WORK, THE DOROTHY G. GRIFFIN R ADIATION ONCOlOGY CENTER AT ONEIDA HE AlTH REPlICATES THE ClINICAl CARE AND QUAlIT Y A SSUR ANCE APPROACHES EMPlOYED AT ROSWEll PARK COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER, THE ONlY NATIONAl CANCER INSTITUTE (NCI)-DESIGNATED CENTER IN UPSTATE NE W YORK. The Dorothy G. Griffin Radiation Oncology Center includes an on-site CT simulator, which aids in image guidance to deliver increasing doses of radiation to the tumor with maximum normal- tissue sparing. 0 6❱❱❱❱❱ C O V E R S T O R Y