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<p>Beaufort Memorial Hospital</p>
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<p>— in partnership with Alliance</p>
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<p>Oncology, a division of</p>
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<p>Alliance HealthCare Services,</p>
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<p>and the Medical University of</p>
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<p>South Carolina Health System</p>
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<p>(MUSC Health) — will</p>
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<p>officially open its new Keyserling</p>
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<p>Cancer Center on Thursday,</p>
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<p>Jan. 17, in the Beaufort</p>
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<p>Medical Plaza, bringing all of</p>
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<p>the hospital’s cancer services</p>
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<p>under one roof.</p>
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<p>Relocated from Port Royal,</p>
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<p>the new cancer center will</p>
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<p>make it more convenient for</p>
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<p>patients to navigate the complex</p>
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<p>journey from cancer diagnosis</p>
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<p>to treatment. In addition</p>
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<p>to medical and radiation</p>
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<p>oncology, the center will offer</p>
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<p>easy access to lab, imaging,</p>
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<p>infusion and breast health</p>
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<p>services.</p>
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<p>“We’re excited about the</p>
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<p>many benefits the new center</p>
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<p>provides to the community,”</p>
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<p>said Beaufort Memorial President</p>
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<p>&amp; CEO Russell Baxley.</p>
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<p>“Now that we’ve consolidated</p>
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<p>services in one location we</p>
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<p>can focus on adding access to</p>
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<p>sub-specialists, support services</p>
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<p>and more to our cancer</p>
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<p>program.”</p>
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<p>The new joint venture expands</p>
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<p>the collaboration BMH</p>
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<p>has had with MUSC, providing</p>
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<p>expertise in sub-specialties</p>
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<p>not available in Beaufort.</p>
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<p>Initiated in 2016, the affiliation</p>
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<p>with the National Cancer</p>
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<p>Institute-designated Hollings</p>
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<p>Cancer Center at MUSC has</p>
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<p>allowed BMH patients to participate</p>
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<p>in groundbreaking</p>
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<p>clinical trials studying promising</p>
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<p>new cancer drugs and</p>
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<p>treatments.</p>
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<p>Thanks to its new partnership</p>
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<p>with Alliance Oncology,</p>
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<p>BMH was able to upgrade to</p>
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<p>the state-of-the-art TrueBeam</p>
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<p>radiotherapy system, one of</p>
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<p>the most powerful and precise</p>
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<p>radiation therapy delivery</p>
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<p>systems available.</p>
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<p>“We’re now offering the</p>
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<p>same advanced technology</p>
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<p>and protocols available at</p>
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<p>leading cancer centers,” said</p>
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<p>board-certified radiation oncologist</p>
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<p>Jonathan Briggs,</p>
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<p>M.D., Medical Director of Radiation</p>
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<p>Oncology Services.</p>
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<p>“It makes it so much easier</p>
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<p>for patients when they can</p>
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<p>receive their treatment close</p>
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<p>to home.”</p>
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<p>The new Beaufort Memori-</p>
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