The Walter B. Ford Department of Radiation Oncology at Henry Ford Health System brings together a team of nationally recognized clinicians and researchers to provide advanced radiation therapy. Radiation therapy involves using a stream of high-energy particles or waves such as x-rays to destroy or damage cancer cells. It is one of the most common treatments for cancer and is used in more than half of all cancer cases.
Henry Ford’s Radiation Oncology Department treats each patient individually. The program is designed to meet an individual’s specific medical needs throughout the entire course of their treatment. Patients can also be confident knowing that, in addition to having the best radiation oncologists working on their case, they have a team of physicians and dedicated health care professionals. Through the Josephine Ford Cancer Center, Henry Ford offers a multidisciplinary approach to cancer management that incorporates a team of professionals from 20 specialties whose capabilities reach beyond the scope of radiation oncology to fight a variety of cancers.
Members of the Radiation Oncology department continually strive to provide patients with the best possible treatment by actively pursuing new options and special procedures to complement current radiation therapies. In many instances, Henry Ford has been one of the first and only health centers in the region to offer these treatments.
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