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CyberKnife Center of Chicago participates in Ride Janie Ride event
CyberKnife Center of Chicago was honored to participate in the 6th annual Ride Janie Ride event. The “Pay it Forward” cancer fundraiser aims to provide financial assistance to those with medical expenses from cancer treatment not covered by insurance. Participants rode their motorcycles together for thirty miles across DuPage County and enjoyed raffles and a silent auction.
Pictured: Site administrator Anne Dunlap with Ride Janie Ride participants and volunteers.
CyberKnife Center of Chicago focuses on education during Brain Tumor Awareness Month
May marks the recognition of National Brain Tumor Awareness Month. Since its establishment in 2008, community organizations and support groups celebrate this month with increased efforts to raise awareness of brain tumors, increase funding for research and educate the public on symptoms and treatment options.
The Central Brain Tumor Registry estimates 66,290 new cases of primary non–malignant and malignant brain and central nervous system tumors will be diagnosed in the United States in 2012. What patients may not know is that a large percentage of those diagnoses will be from metastatic tumors, tumors that develop from cancer cells that have spread from another part of the body.
There are more than 120 different types of brain tumors, and while not all are necessarily fatal, any brain tumor should be considered a serious health condition. Brain tumors often create increased pressure in the skull, known as intracranial hypertension. This can lead to, among other conditions, headaches, vomiting, vision problems and altered states of consciousness.
CyberKnife Center of Chicago Highlights Healthy Living for National Cancer Control Month
In support of April as Cancer Control Month, CyberKnife Center of Chicago is encouraging local residents to use a proactive approach to a healthy lifestyle.
Cancer Control Month highlights the progress in fighting cancer and increases awareness of who is at risk. The initiatives of Cancer Control Month seek to encourage healthy lifestyles, promote cancer screening, increase access to quality cancer care, and improve quality of life for cancer survivors. In 2012, The American Cancer Society predicted Illinois will have more than 65,000 potential new diagnoses. MORE →
CyberKnife Center of Chicago Co-sponsors Fight for Air Climb
CyberKnife Center of Chicago co-sponsored the American Lung Association’s Fight for Air Climb in OakBrook Terrace February 12. This fundraising event encourages fitness among participants through a “vertical road race,” of climbing multiple steps. Climbers took to OakBrook Terrace Tower to climb 31 floors and 680 steps to the top of the suburbs’ tallest building.
Pictured in the photo: Anne Dunlap, center administrator, with colleague Debbie Posner
CyberKnife Center of Chicago attends the American Cancer Society Black and White Ball
Our medical director and members of the CyberKnife Center of Chicago staff attended the Black & White Ball benefiting the American Cancer Society on March 3 in downtown Chicago. Since 2009, the annual ball has raised more than $850,000 to help fund efforts of the ACS. We were joined by representatives from Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare, our hospital partner and a sponsor of the black-tie fundraiser. Pictured in the photo from left to right: Dr. Andy Su, medical director; Kathy Hessinger, radiation therapist; Joe Canaletta, radiation therapist; Jamie Christ, radiation therapist; Anne Dunlap, administrator; Griselle Romero, CyberKnife nurse.
CyberKnife Center of Chicago Celebrates Patient Safety Awareness Week
In recognition of Patient Safety Awareness Week, CyberKnife Center of Chicago joins a nation-wide effort to encourage engagement of patients, families and the community by promoting the importance of being an active participant in the health care delivery process. MORE →
CyberKnife Center of Chicago Hires Site Administrator
CyberKnife Center of Chicago has named Anne Dunlap as site administrator. She will oversee daily operations of the center, which is a service of Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare.
Dunlap has health care management experience in Chicago and throughout the Midwest. She recently served as home health care administrator for Heartland Home Care in Hillside, Ill.
A cum laude graduate of the University of Northern Iowa, Dunlap earned a bachelor’s degree in social work. Her community involvement includes serving as a mentor at Chicago’s Off the Street Club and as a volunteer for the Young Professionals Group of Friends to Help Battered Women and Children.
In partnership with Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare, Nuclear Oncology Medical Care and US Radiosurgery, CyberKnife Center of Chicago is located on EMHC’s Berteau Ave. campus and treats several different types of malignant and benign tumors noninvasively.
Lung Cancer Awareness Month A Time to Take Action
As a disease that annually takes the lives of more people than breast, prostate, colon and pancreatic cancers combined, lung cancer will kill more than 156,000 people in the United States this year, according to the American Cancer Society. Additionally, about a quarter of a million people will face a lung cancer diagnosis.
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month — a time to take action, quit smoking, educate loved ones and raise awareness for the leading cause of cancer deaths in men and women.
Prostate Cancer: Awareness Month a Time to Learn Risk Factors
One in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime while one in 36 men will die of the disease, which the American Cancer Society names as the second leading cause of cancer deaths in men. This year alone nearly 250,000 men will face a prostate cancer diagnosis.
In DuPage County, about 159 of every 100,000 men are affected, according to the National Cancer Institute.
CyberKnife Center of Chicago Supports 2011 ABTA Patient/Family Meeting
CyberKnife Center of Chicago recently participated in the American Brain Tumor Association’s 2011 Patient/Family Meeting. The event was held in Lincolnshire, Ill. during July 29 – 30, 2011. Susan Polier, who oversees operations at our facility, is pictured staffing an exhibition table at the event.
About 300 people were in attendance at the two-day meeting, including cancer survivors, patients, family members, medical professionals, researchers and donors from across the country. The participants connected with each other while learning about types of brain tumors, quality of life issues, research trends and treatment options. MORE →