Tampa Bay: Raising Hope with Metropolitan Ministries
Whether you’re new to the Tampa Bay area or are a natural-born Tampanian, chances are that you have heard of one of our community’s greatest heroes: Metropolitan Ministries. Founded more than half a century ago, Metropolitan Ministries provides essential support and services for the homeless…
Introduction to Radiation Detection
Ensuring safe, accurate, and precise delivery of highly complex radiation fields benefits greatly from radiation detectors. Detectors help safeguard against excessive radiation exposure for patients, staff, and visitors in cancer centers. Different applications and settings call for different types of detectors. In cancer centers, applications…
Radiation Oncology Part 3 – Radiation Therapy and ASRT 2021
For many breast cancer patients and survivors of the disease, one of the deepest connections they make is with the radiation therapists who guide them at every step of their cancer treatment journey. In our third installation of our radiation oncology series, we dive into…
Pinktober 2021: A History of Innovation in Treating Breast Cancer
Fact or fiction? 1 out of 8 women in the United States will develop invasive breast cancer at one point in her lifetime. The statement above, according to BreastCancer.org, is true. With nearly 44,000 women expected to die from breast cancer this year, the importance…
Radiation Oncology Part 2: Medical Physicists and the AAPM
Since 1999, Epic Specialty Staffing has helped healthcare organizations specializing in cancer research and treatment with a shared goal: to provide excellence in patient care while we move towards a cure. In our second installment of our Radiation Oncology Series, we take a deeper dive…
National Children’s Cancer Awareness Month: Focusing on the Family-Centric Model
The reality that millions of children and their families face the ordeal of treating cancer is an unacceptable fact. Children should be free to play with their friends, explore their own talents and passions, and learn about the world around them. They should not have…
Introduction to Stereotactic Radiosurgery
The development of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) has been a long process that involved contributions from a multitude of disciplines and imaginative clinicians, physicists, and engineers. This innovation has enabled millions of patients to recover from life-threatening tumors. Unlike typical surgery, there's no incision necessary for…
Summer Sun Safety Month with the American Cancer Society
Did you know that an estimated 90 percent of all skin aging is caused by the sun alone? And by using a daily sunscreen of 15 SPF, can reduce the appearance of skin aging by 24 percent? Not only is ultraviolet (UV) radiation exposure a…