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HighPoint
Cancer Center
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 HighPoint
Cancer Center is a freestanding cancer treatment center
in Chalfont, PA. It is associated with Grandview Hospital
and affiliated with Fox Chase Cancer Center. Within
its walls are Bux-Mont Medical Oncology (physicians
who diagnose and treat cancer patients primarily with
chemotherapy) and HighPoint Radiation Oncology (composed
of physicians who diagnose and treat cancer primarily
with radiation therapy).
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HighPoint
Radiation Oncology
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 HighPoint
Radiation Oncology is a freestanding community radiation
oncology center dedicated to the compassionate and
effective treatment of many forms of cancer. The center's
primary physician is Dr. William R. Rate (see bio)
who has spent greater than 20 years working with cancer
patients. The center is staffed with experienced therapists
(all board certified with greater that 10 years of
experience), as well as physicists and dosemetrists.
Our nursing is ONS certified. Our clerical staff is
well versed with the challenges of dealing with insurance
companies and work as patient advocates.
HighPoint
Radiation Oncology utilizes the latest sophisticated
technology, including IMRT and IGRT, to insure that
you receive the treatment that gives you the best
chance to beat your disease.
It
also operates within the Central Bucks community,
allowing it to work with your doctors at Central Montgomery
Medical Center, Doylestown Hospital, Grandview Hospital,
and St. Luke's Hospital in Quakertown. The treatment
of cancer requires many specialists and we work with
the doctors who already know you.
Sometimes
patients require the type of specialty care only available
at major medical centers. Our affiliation with Fox
Chase Cancer Center give us access to specialty physicians,
treatments and clinical trials that maybe required.
Our affiliation further ensures our practices and
standards are of the highest quality standard of care.
We
hope you never need cancer treatment. But if you do,
we are available for you, in the community, close
and continent, with compassionate and sophisticated
cancer care.
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Dr.
Rate received his undergraduate degree from the University
of Pennsylvania. He earned a Ph.D. from Temple University
where he studied natural products that blocked cancer-causing
chemicals. Dr. Rate received his MD degree from Hahnemann
University in Philadelphia, and was elected to Alpha
Omega Alpha, the national medical honor society in
1983. He returned to the University of Pennsylvania
for his residency in radiation oncology, which he
completed in 1988. He received his board certification
in radiation oncology from the American Board of Radiology
that same year. During his residency he was awarded
the first Simon Kramer Award for outstanding work
in radiation oncology.
Dr.
Rate is a member of the American Society for Therapeutic
Radiology and Oncology, the American Radium Society,
the American College of Radiation Oncology, and the
American Society for Clinical Oncology. He has participated
in clinical research through the National Surgical
Adjuvant Breast Protocol, the Eastern Cooperative
Oncology Group, and the Radiation Therapy Oncology
Group. Dr. Rate is on the professional advisory board
of the Wellness Community and Gilda's Club. He is
currently the secretary-treasurer for the American
Society of Radiation Oncology and is a fellow of that
organization.
