Helping those who are facing cancer and their families and friends is our first priority at Kettering Medical Center. Our dedicated staff of healthcare experts and medical specialists provide up-to-date information and state-of-the-art treatment options as well as the support you need during this challenging time.

• Clinical Trials – every major advance in cancer treatment in the last twenty years is due to cancer research studies, also called clinical trials. At Kettering Medical Center we conduct hundreds of nationally sponsored clinical trials annually. KMC offers patients the opportunity to participate in the latest cancer treatments through our Nuclear Medicine Department, the Wallace-Kettering Neuroscience Institute, and more. KMC works closely with the Dayton Clinical Oncology Program to provide access to National Cancer Institute clinical trials and selected pharmaceutical studies. Ask your physician, “Is there a clinical trial for me?”
  
  
• Chemotherapy and Biotherapy – KMC knows that experience counts. When your physician recommends chemotherapy and biotherapy treatment, our nurses are ready to assist with both inpatient and outpatient infusions. Each registered nurse on the KMC medical-surgical oncology unit completes additional training in chemotherapy and biotherapy. In addition, many of our nurses are nationally certified in medical-surgical nursing, geriatric nursing (care of older adults), hospice-palliative care, and oncology nursing (care of people with cancer).
  
  
• Radiation Therapy
  Providing you with the latest technology:
  
  • IMRT (Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy) available for prostate, head and neck, breast, thyroid, lung, gynecologic, liver, brain tumors, lymphomas and sarcomas.
  • Dual energy linear accelerators with Munlti-Leaf (MLC) Collimators.
  • 16-Slice CT Scanner and 3D Laser system for accurate treatment planning.
  • Functional Image Guided Radiotherapy (FIGRT) - Metabolic mapping with PET, MR and CT fusion.
  • High Dose Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy Center with treatments available for breast, prostate, lung, cervix, esophageal and other cancers.
  • Prostate Seed Implant Program using real-time dosimetry.
  • Gamma Knife Radiosurgery: non-invasive brain surgery available for patients with benign and malignant tumors.
  • Computerized Quality management Systems to ensure accuracy.
  • Direct, on-going physician communication to better meet your patients needs.
  
• Radioimmunotherapy – KMC’s Nuclear Medicine Department is on the cutting edge, offering the latest in cancer therapies as well as state-of-the-art imaging. KMC is pleased to be one of the first hospitals to offer a whole new category of cancer therapy called radioimmunotherapy including Bexxar® and Zevalin® to selected patients with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.
  
  
• Surgery – Board certified surgeons and surgical oncologists on staff.