In the past three years, Bothwell Regional Health Center’s Cancer Center has seen a 23 percent increase in demand for cancer treatment. The number of patients seeking medical oncology (chemotherapy) in our area has more than doubled since 2005. Bothwell also is the area’s largest provider of Inter-Modulated Radiation Therapy, a highly accurate type of radiation therapy that results in less damage to healthy tissue.

This growth in demand for cancer treatment has created a corresponding need for the health center to increase its capacity for these much-needed services.  This new facility will allow the health center to offer more treatment areas for chemotherapy in a private setting, and provides the opportunity to recruit an additional medical oncologist. The project also includes replacement of the center’s linear accelerator, which provides radiation therapy. Other improvements include a patient education resource room and private patient and family reception areas.