The Radiation Oncology Center, under the leadership of Dr. Ted Torano and Dr. Mary Young, continues to expand the scope of its services.
Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men after lung cancer.
At AAMC a team of physicians, which include a radiation oncologist, a urologist and a physicist, are now offering the option of prostate brachytherapy, or radioactive seed implantation. It's less invasive than surgery, is associated with less morbidity and is a cost-effective treatment of localized prostate cancer. AAMC's Radiation Oncology Center, located in the Donner Community Health Pavilion at the Medical Park campus, opened in 1989. Although Anne Arundel County remains the primary service area, a larger number of patients from Calvert, Prince George's, Kent and Queen Anne's counties have benefited from the services. In 1998, a total of 408 new patients received radiation treatment for a total of 10,705 treatment visits.