Lawrence and Memorial Cancer Center

Yale radiation oncologists have a long history of providing comprehensive, compassionate care at L&M Waterford Cancer Care Center in Waterford, Connecticut. A Yale School of Medicine/Yale-New Haven Hospital program occupies the first floor of L&M's two story, 48,000-square-feet green building that opened in October 2013. In this beautiful setting, Yale physicians provide a full range of radiation services for all types of cancers treatable by radiation therapy.

This facility has state of-the-art equipment and software, including:

Two dual-energy Varian linear accelerators, which are capable of providing conventional radiotherapy, electron beam radiotherapy and intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT)
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) for precisely treating cancer in the lung with a high dose in just a few sessions
Philips CT simulator with multi-slice imaging for precise localization of tumor and normal tissue structures
4D gating capability to account for motion of chest and abdomen tumors caused by breathing
Deep inspiration breath hold and prone positioning to minimize radiation exposure for organs other than the breast
Calypso, a 4D localization system that helps deliver maximum radiation for prostate cancer while avoiding healthy surrounding tissues and organs
RapidArc treatments, which deliver complicated treatments in a fraction of the time normally required
MLC/IMRT/IGRT/portal imaging, which help doctors account for any change in daily positioning of the patient on the treatment table
Mosaiq record-and-verify quality assurance system
Eclipse treatment-planning software to help achieve the best quality radiation plans