Press Releases: Northwest
January 9, 2006
Kaiser Permanente to open new radiation treatment center for cancer patients
Public invited to open house in north Portland on Jan. 19
PORTLAND, Ore. – Earlier this month, Kaiser Permanente began treating cancer patients who need radiation at its new Interstate Radiation Oncology Center, 3620 N. Interstate Avenue in north Portland. Inside the 17,000-square-foot building, patients will be treated with any of three linear accelerators that use computer assistance to precisely deliver high doses of radiation in tightly focused beams to control and kill cancer cells. Prior to the new facility, Kaiser Permanente patients needing radiation had been sent to Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center. The move will bring radiation treatment to the same campus where cancer patients also receive other outpatient services, such as group and individual counseling, pharmacy and chemotherapy.
The public will be able to tour the new facility at an open house Thursday, Jan.19 from 4 to 6 p.m.
About 80 cancer patients a day will be treated at the new facility. The physician group with which Kaiser Permanente contracts to provide radiation treatment will continue to provide that care in the new setting.
The center and a 298-car garage represent a $27 million investment in Kaiser Permanente's Interstate medical campus, where the health care organization's other outpatient cancer care services, such as chemotherapy and counseling, are also provided.
General contractor for the center is Brockamp & Jaeger of Oregon City. Architects are Petersen, Kohlberg & Associates of Portland.
Kaiser Permanente is America's leading integrated health care organization. Founded in 1945, the organization serves the health needs of more than 8.4 million people nationwide. About 475,000 people in Oregon and Southwest Washington receive their health care from Kaiser Permanente.
