The Regional Cancer Center has been bringing expert cancer care close to home for patients in the northwestern Pennsylvania region since 1987 and is affiliated with UPMC Cancer Centers, one of the largest integrated community networks of cancer physicians and health care specialists in the country. The Regional Cancer Center’s working relationship with UPMC Cancer Centers facilitates an exchange of information to integrate our community cancer center with the resources of one of the top academic programs in the country, collaborating to bring comprehensive and state-of-the-art treatment innovations and services to our patients. Board certified physicians and more than 160 staff provide care to thousands of regional residents each year. Leading edge medical oncology, hematology and radiation oncology treatments are optimally coordinated. Read more about The Regional Cancer Center Our mission is to provide comprehensive care for patients with cancer and blood disorders with a commitment to advanced care, research and optimal quality of life for patients and families. Named "National Showsite" The Regional Cancer Center has been named a “National Showsite” for GE Healthcare, a designation reserved for state-of-the-art facilities selected for procedural and technological excellence. The Regional Cancer Center is GE Healthcare’s first oncology Showsite.  GE Healthcare has 66 Showsites nationally in other medical service lines. Read more about National Showsite Capabilities of the Trilogy Radiation Therapy System are extraordinary including the leading edge treatment advances of Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT), Gaited Respiration and Stereotactic Radiosurgery. Learn more about Trilogy Radiation Therapy Using the Trilogy System to its full potential in treatment applications is complex. For example, Trilogy comes equipped with motion management capabilities yet today just 12% of centers who own such equipment have developed the infrastructure in their cancer centers needed to use it.  An experienced team of clinicians is required to take this technology to its highest potential and that's just what we have at The Regional Cancer Center. We are recognized nationally as a front runner in motion management for radiation therapy Accredited by Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Healthcare, Inc About The Regional Cancer Center The Regional Cancer Center was one of the first free-standing community cancer care centers in the country. Today, it is also among the largest of such facilities, providing over 200,000 services per year at multiple locations serving three states. Upon its opening, the Center received national attention for its collaborative approach to providing cancer care. Merging the resources of Hamot Health Foundation and Saint Vincent Health System with the expertise of a private physician group made an unprecedented range of diagnostic and treatment capabilities available locally. The Center continues to serve as a model throughout the country for cancer care facilities. The physicians of The Regional Cancer Center were among the first in the nation to bring major treatment specialties -- medical oncology, radiation oncology and hematology -- together in a single location. In doing so, they pioneered a cooperative approach to treatment that is only now becoming widely emulated. The achievements of the physician group in advancing cancer care have been recognized locally, regionally and nationally. Through the Erie Center and its community-based satellite facilities, The Regional Cancer Center delivers care to thousands of residents in an area encompassing eleven counties in three states. As a result of pooled resources, the expertise of a leading group of cancer care physicians and an extensive network of treatment facilities, patients throughout the region have had access to advanced technologies and treatment methods, at times before many other parts of the country. National Showsite The Regional Cancer Center (RCC) has been named a “National Showsite” for GE Healthcare, a designation reserved for state-of-the-art facilities selected for procedural and technological excellence. The Regional Cancer Center is GE Healthcare’s first oncology Showsite.  GE Healthcare has 66 Showsites nationally in other medical service lines.   GE Healthcare selected the RCC because of the advanced technology it offers in a community cancer care setting. Pooling the resources of partner hospitals, Hamot Medical Center and Saint Vincent Health Center, has enabled procurement of advanced cancer care technology well in advance of most cancer centers, including many academic programs.   As a Showsite, RCC  hosts cancer care professionals from across the country to showcase its use of oncology products and services in the clinical setting. The goal of the cooperative program is to promote and transfer a greater understanding of quality healthcare options and the benefits of healthcare research by showcasing the use of products and services in an actual clinical setting.   Showsite visits will be transparent to patients being treated at the Center. Much of what is being showcased pertains to the intricate behind-the-scenes planning of radiation therapy involving high-end technology and highly trained professional team that includes medical physicists, dosimetrists and of course our board certified radiation oncologists.   “Showsite designation is exciting for us for two reasons,” explains Conrad Stachelek, PhD, MD, Clinical Director of Radiation Oncology at RCC. “This designation brings global visibility to Erie and The Regional Cancer Center for the technologically advanced work we are doing. In addition, this closer partnership with GE puts us in a leadership position in terms of access to new and upcoming cancer care technology which will help to keep us providing leading edge care to our patients.”   So what does this mean to patients? Patients know from a third party (GE) that the  equipment and staff at the RCC are among the best available anywhere.   Others are coming here to see how we use  the equipment, not just that we own it -- that's an important distinction for  patients when comparing cancer care providers. Just like any advanced  technology, buying it is the easy part. Making it work to its  fullest advantage is painstaking and complex. We're being recognized for  application of it and asked to train others.   Motion management is the new frontier in cancer care. Anyone can imagine  that as their body does what it does -- breathe, digest, etc. -- there is motion and  variation day to day. Accounting for that motion is what this Showsite distinction is all about.  We're managing motion during radiation  therapy at RCC in a way that is gaining us national attention.   The Showsite agreement includes advanced training  for our staff ongoing.   Closer working relationships with  healthcare innovators via Showsite-related meetings and activities  creates the platform for information and access that will keep RCC on the  leading edge ongoing.  Breaking  research information and opportunity for participation in new  research will be available to RCC at times in advance of  academic centers. Suggestions/Complaints Form Back to Top Clinical Services | Locations | Photo Tour | Physicians and Staff | Research | Support Services | Physician Area | Patient Area | Public Area | Foundation | Contact Us | RCC Home NOTICE ANY PROBLEMS? EMAIL US. The Regional Cancer Center endeavors to maintain the accuracy of the information on its official electronic publications. 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