The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received a $200,000 grant from the Ottenheimer Brothers Foundation to support the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute’s Radiation Oncology Center.
The grant will go to the purchase and installation of the Brainlab ExacTrac Dynamic System. The medical equipment and software combine surface and image guidance technologies in one integrated system, delivering highly accurate treatments for a wide range of indications in cranial, spine, breast, prostate, and lung areas.
Opened in 2023, the Radiation Oncology Center, a $65 million, 58,000-square-foot structure at 3900 W. Capitol Ave. in Little Rock, was built to accommodate three new linear accelerators that customize radiation delivery based on the type and stage of a patient’s cancer. It is the only cancer center in Arkansas to offer Ethos Adaptive Therapy, a unique form of X-ray radiation that adapts to daily changes in a tumor’s shape and position over the course of treatment.
“The Radiation Oncology Center continues to provide the most advanced cancer treatment available, and this in part thanks to support from philanthropic organizations such as the Ottenheimer Brothers Foundation,” said Michael Birrer, MD, PhD, UAMS vice chancellor and director of the Cancer Institute. “This new system will offer real-time tracking and X-ray imaging, providing patients with world-class, specialized care to beat cancer.”