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$6 million CyberKnife is Southwest Washington Medical Center’s newest cancer-fighting tool. Intelligent robotic radiosurgery system is one of only 100 in use worldwide and is attracting regional patients. The Cancer Center at Southwest Washington Medical Center put on a show today of its newest cancer-fighting tool, the CyberKnife, described by the medical center’s manager of communications and public affairs, Ken Cole, as “the world’s first and only intelligent robotic radiosurgery system—a revolutionary new scalpel-free, painless cancer-fighting system designed to treat tumors anywhere in the body with sub-millimeter accuracy.” Southwest’s CyberKnife is the only one between Seattle and San Francisco on the west coast and is attracting patients from beyond the Vancouver-Portland area. The device, in use since July, has been used to treat several patients with otherwise untreatable tumors, both benign and cancerous. According to S. Christopher Hoffelt, medical director of the new CyberKnife Center in the Cancer Center, “For many patients, CyberKnife opens up the doors of treatment, that may have been closed to them because of the amount of radiation they’ve already received or because of the elusive location of the tumor.” The CyberKnife uses X-rays to define and record the location of the tumor to be treated. Physicians design the treatment and oncology therapists design the regimen—a single treatment. The single treatment isn’t a massive shot of radioactivity but a series of small zaps, up to as many as 360, or more, from a wide variety of angles that the articulated CyberKnife can aim. The table on which the patient lies is also articulated, which also helps compensate for the slightest movements by the patient, usually caused by breathing. The medical center’s $146 million expansion project, including its 154-private room patient tower and surgery center, is expected to be completed this winter, with the first patients expected in February 2007. Battle ground eyeballing The City of Battle Ground will be gathering information from the public on its largest proposed annexation, the South 503 annexation, during an open house at 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31, in City Hall, 109 SW 1st Street. The area along State Highway 503 is south of town and consists of 434 acres and 143 people. Annexation will occur if property owners of at least 60 percent of the assessed valuation in the area sign petitions. Petitions will be available at the meeting. For further information, call Adrienne DeDona, 342-5004. Camas girl to compete for
Katelynne Cox, 12, Camas, a 7th grader at Cornerstone Christian School in Vancouver, will compete for the national title of Miss American Preteen at Disney World, Fla., November 20 through 26, sponsored by American Coed Pageants Inc. Katelynne, daughter of Cameron Cox and Wendy Strum, recently won the title of Miss Washington State at the Miss American Preteen contest in Wenatchee. Downtown merchants joining
Vancouver’s Downtown Association and the Clark County Historical Museum are sponsoring their first Extreme Scarecrow Makeover contest beginning immediately, reports museum executive director Susan Tissot. For a $30 entry fee, downtown merchants will receive a scarecrow frame on which to build either a traditional scarecrow or extreme scarecrow. Scarecrows are to be displayed at downtown locations September 9 through October 1, after which they will be taken to the Historical Museum, 1511 Main Street, judged and put on display for the museum’s annual Harvest Fun Day, Saturday, Sept. 23. The scarecrows will be sold by silent auction. For further information, call Tissot at 993-5679. Calendar Port of Ridgefield
commissioners’ 3rd annual picnic is from 4 to 7 p.m. today at the Lake
River Boat Launch picnic area in Ridgefield.
Wednesday headline stories New York Times Car Buying Tips Clark seeks OK for camp cleanup--Oregonian, Holley Gilbert Weekend too hot for Fuller's taste--Columbian, Don Hamilton Current election to proceed as designed--Columbian, Kathie Durbin Light rail essential across new Interstate Bridge--Columbian, Tom Koenninger Cronies on the cusp emulating--Columbian, Erin Middlewood Cool-headed dad saves live of newborn--Oregonian, Karen Johnson New stem cell method avoids destroying embryos--New York Times, Nicholas Wade Congressional report faults U.S. intelligence on Iran--New York Times, Reuters Home sales fall to unexpectedly low rate--New York Times, Jeremy W. Peters Debby likely to become a hurricane--New York Times, Joseph B. Treaster
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