University Hospitals Case Medical Center (UHCMC) is the only hospital in Northeast Ohio to offer Intraoperative Radiation Therapy (IORT). Surgeons and Radiation Oncologists are able deliver a high dose of electron radiation to the tumor site right in the operating room.
Unlike other facilities that transport patients from the operating room to the radiation oncology department for IORT, UHC utilizes a mobile electron beam accelerator, the Mobetron, to treat patients in the operating room. The ability to treat the patient without having to move them throughout the hospital saves time, reduces the amount of anesthesia required, and lessens the threat of infection.
The second unit of its kind in the United States, the UH CMC Mobetron is used to treat cancers of the stomach,
cervix,
head and neck,
bladder,
pancreas,
colon, rectum and sarcomas during the surgical procedure.