CANCER FREE, SIX YEARS AND COUNTING!

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1 YOUR ANSWER TO CANCER. CANCER FREE, SIX YEARS AND COUNTING! Kim evens BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR

2 nrocdoctors.com We re Here To Help. At NROC, patients always come first. As your partners in cancer care, we answer all your questions precisely and promptly. We guide you in the right direction, doing everything humanly and scientifically possible to get you on the road to recovery. 2

You Do Not Need A Referral To Get Our Help.

doctors and the proper treatment wherever that might be.

We ll get back to you however you prefer by phone or email. You Always Have A Choice.

We always recommend treatments that best benefit patients. Your Insurance Will Be Accepted.

Our experienced staff will assist you in every way to understand and complete forms and coordinate

3 YOUR ANSWER TO CANCER. Our approach to helping patients means we make it easy to get your personal answer to cancer. You Do Not Need A Referral To Get Our Help. Even if our groundbreaking radiation treatment is not right for you, we ll connect you to the best doctors and the proper treatment wherever that might be. If you would like our help, simply go to youranswertocancer.com and leave your information. We ll get back to you however you prefer by phone or . You Always Have A Choice. We never insist on sending you to specific facilities or physicians. We always recommend treatments that best benefit patients. Your Insurance Will Be Accepted. NROC accepts all insurances, including Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and Geisinger. Our experienced staff will assist you in every way to understand and complete forms and coordinate payments. At NROC your treatment is just that, yours. Individualized with the goal of a swift recovery and the least amount of side effects. We re always willing to talk to you. Just ask. And please ask your doctor to call us first. NROC accepts nearly 300 different health insurances. Too many to list here. Just give us a call at (570) if you have questions about how we can work with your health insurance.

4 nrocdoctors.com FOUR YEARS OF REMISSION SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES! Burl Atanasoff PROSTATE CANCER SURVIVOR 4

YOUR ANSWER TO CANCER. Advanced Therapy, Compassionate Care. BRACHYTHERAPY SEED Although you don t need a referral to get our help, NROC doctors often do receive referrals.

Here our clinical trials hold us to a higher standard than any other cancer center in the market.

NROC offers the TomoTherapy Hi-Art System that provides the most up-to-date Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT), including Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT).

5 YOUR ANSWER TO CANCER. Advanced Therapy, Compassionate Care. BRACHYTHERAPY SEED Although you don t need a referral to get our help, NROC doctors often do receive referrals. Doctors from the most respected hospitals in the world send their patients to us. Here we offer the most comprehensive, advanced radiation therapy technologies available anywhere. Here our clinical trials hold us to a higher standard than any other cancer center in the market. Our team of physicians carefully advises patients about which type of radiation therapy is most effective for their type and stage of cancer. NROC offers the TomoTherapy Hi-Art System that provides the most up-to-date Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT), including Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT). This allows for more accurate identification and treatment, and reduces exposure of healthy tissue to radiation, maximizing treatment effectiveness. NROC physicians have treated more people with Brachytherapy than most other physicians in Pennsylvania. It is most often used for men with prostate cancer and for women with early-stage breast cancer or cancer of the reproductive organs. Brachytherapy delivers an intense form of radiation over a short distance directly into or near the tumor site, to destroy the cancer cells. Another superior form of external beam radiation is Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy. This state-of-the-art treatment allows the delivery of a maximum dose of radiation to the tumor site with minimum damage to surrounding healthy tissue. This means patients experience few, if any, unwanted side effects and can maintain a normal healthy lifestyle during treatment. TOMOTHERAPY HI-ART SYSTEM INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY

6 nrocdoctors.com We ve Got You Covered. Extensive Treatment NROC also offers an extensive range of specialized therapies to treat specific types of cancers. We have been offering multidisciplinary, comprehensive care to the community for over 30 years. So turn to NROC. And get your answer to cancer. NROC offers answers to the following cancers: Bladder cancer Brain cancer Breast cancer Liver cancer Colorectal cancer Lymphoma Skin cancer Prostate cancer Lung cancer Throat cancer Head/Neck cancer Leukemia EACH PATIENT BENEFITS FROM WEEKLY VIDEO CONFERENCES WITH PHYSICIANS. Team Review We take the time to listen, diagnose and plan the best treatment possible for you. And you can take comfort in the fact that a whole team of doctors will regularly review your case. Our highly trained, highly respected physician partners from Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey hold weekly video conferences to discuss care and how to move forward for new patients as well as those already in treatment. We plan the best treatment for you and get you where you need to be, even if it is not here. Connected Docs Our physicians at NROC are Board Certified. They have served on staff and maintain connections at the most respected cancer centers in the country. Some of these include: National Cancer Institute Johns Hopkins University Hospital Georgetown University Hospital Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Fox Chase Cancer Center MD Anderson Cancer Center Mount Sinai Hospital Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Case Western Reserve University SUNY Upstate University Hospital Crozer-Chester Medical Center NROC Welcomes Home Dr. Meghan Haggerty Meghan Stott Haggerty, M.D., joins our physicians in serving the patients, families and referring physicians of our region. A Magna Cum Laude graduate of the University of Scranton, and Drexel University School of Medicine, Dr. Haggerty did her internship at Crozer-Chester Medical Center and was Chief Resident at SUNY Upstate Medical University. Dr. Haggerty has conducted clinical research in Hyperbaric Oxygen and its effect on head/ neck cancer radiation side effects, as well as research in cervical cancer. She is a member of the American Society for Radiation Oncology and the American College of Radiology. Dr. Haggerty is an ideal addition to NROC, sharing our devotion to delivering health care with warmth and expertise, says Dr. Harmar Brereton. She has excelled in her training, and we re delighted to welcome her into our practice.

Medical Director, NROC Graduate of University of Pennsylvania and Case Western Reserve University Board Certified in Radiation Oncology NROC s Director of Clinical Research Associate Professor of

M.D. Graduated Kasturba Medical College, University of Mysore Board Certified in Radiation Oncology Principal Investigator for National Cancer Institute clinical research trials Recipient, American

Recipient of the Army s Meritorious Service Medal Harmar D.

Graduate of Yale University and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology, Hematology, and Radiation Oncology Serves on staff at 9

clinical research trials for people in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey Meghan Stott Haggerty, M.D.

7 YOUR ANSWER TO CANCER. Our Docs Are Board Certified. Christopher A. Peters, M.D. Medical Director, NROC Graduate of University of Pennsylvania and Case Western Reserve University Board Certified in Radiation Oncology NROC s Director of Clinical Research Associate Professor of Medicine, The Commonwealth Medical College Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society Member Scientific reviewer for the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics Madhava Baikadi, M.D. Graduated Kasturba Medical College, University of Mysore Board Certified in Radiation Oncology Principal Investigator for National Cancer Institute clinical research trials Recipient, American Board of Radiology s Therapeutic Radiology Award Conducted cancer research at South West Oncology Group, Gynecologic Oncology Group and the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project Recipient of the Army s Meritorious Service Medal Harmar D. Brereton, M.D. Graduate of Yale University and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology, Hematology, and Radiation Oncology Serves on staff at 9 Northeastern Pennsylvania hospitals Clinical Professor of Medicine, The Commonwealth Medical College Founder, Northeast Regional Cancer Institute Developed Radiation Therapy Oncology Group to offer clinical research trials for people in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey Meghan Stott Haggerty, M.D. Chief Resident, Radiation Oncology, SUNY Upstate Medical University Magna Cum Laude graduate and Dean s Scholarship recipient, University of Scranton Experienced in TomoTherapy, IGRT, High Dose Rate Brachytherapy and many other state-ofthe-science technologies Medical Doctorate from Drexel University College of Medicine Jose Luis Pino-y-Torres, M.D. Medical Director, Upper Delaware Valley Cancer Center Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology, Hematology, Radiation Oncology Long affiliation with the National Cancer Institute Broadly trained and experienced in many new radiation therapy technologies TomoTherapy specialist Fellowships, Medical College of Wisconsin and The Johns Hopkins Hospital Cheng B. Saw, Ph.D. Chief of Medical Physics, NROC M.S. in Physics, and Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics, Florida State University Fellow, American Association of Physicists in Medicine Former Associate Director, Medical Physics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Former staff member, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia Authored/co-authored textbooks and over 100 abstracts, 60 papers and 32 presentations around the world Reviewer, Medical Physics Journal, Medical Dosimetry Journal, International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics, Endocurietherapy Hyperthermia Oncology Journal, and Medical Imaging Journal

nrocdoctors.com Our Answer Always Includes Family. No one wants to go through a diagnosis and treatment of cancer alone. No one should have to. And no one will when they come to NROC.

We also treat your family as family and urge you to include family members in discussing options and treatments.

All of us at NROC are dedicated to honoring the needs and respecting the dignity of our patients and their families.

These include: Social Services Nutritional Counseling Financial Counseling Pet Therapy Exercise Therapy Education Programs Support Groups Provide Answers Too.

Nutrition Exercise Social Services We Ask Questions Too! When we ve finished answering your questions, we ask some of you.

Your suggestions have allowed us to make improvements in comfort that are now appreciated by all our patients.

8 nrocdoctors.com Our Answer Always Includes Family. No one wants to go through a diagnosis and treatment of cancer alone. No one should have to. And no one will when they come to NROC. We treat our patients as our family. We encourage you to do research. We offer clinical trials, use advanced technologies and find innovative ways to improve your chances of survival. We also treat your family as family and urge you to include family members in discussing options and treatments. Our doctors and staff are accessible to answer your questions and provide advice on how to best participate in cancer care. Our Answer Includes Support Services. All of us at NROC are dedicated to honoring the needs and respecting the dignity of our patients and their families. So to help our patients maintain the best possible quality of life during and after their radiation treatments, we offer a full range of support services, all provided at no cost. These include: Social Services Nutritional Counseling Financial Counseling Pet Therapy Exercise Therapy Education Programs Support Groups Provide Answers Too. BREAST CANCER FORUM FACING CANCER TOGETHER FORCE HEREDITARY CANCERS LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA GROUP S.P.O.H.N.C. (Support for People with Oral, Head & Neck Cancer) For information, please call Nutrition Exercise Social Services We Ask Questions Too! When we ve finished answering your questions, we ask some of you. Every NROC patient is asked to complete a survey to evaluate our performance, our facility and our service. Your suggestions have allowed us to make improvements in comfort that are now appreciated by all our patients. And we are proud to report that everyone who takes the survey consistently gives us high marks in friendliness, courtesy, expertise and accessibility. A PATIENT S BEST FRIEND. Say hello to Rudy, our most dogged therapist. He has been making patients feel better for eleven years. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR ANSWERS TO US. Best Cancer Center Best Patient Care Patient Satisfaction Surveys Consistently Excellent Reviews It remains our privilege to serve you and your loved ones Meade St. Dunmore, PA FX nrocdoctors.com

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