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InterCommunity Cancers Centers Welcomes New Radiation Oncologist - Dr. Bobby Harrison Joins InterCommunity Cancer Centers’
Radiation Therapy Team

LEESBURG, Fla. — InterCommunity Cancer Centers announced today that Bobby E. Harrison, M.D. has joined its team of radiology oncology experts at its state-of-the-art cancer centers in Leesburg and Lady Lake. Dr. Harrison, board certified in Radiation Oncology by the American Board of Radiology, specializes in the treatment of breast, lung, melanoma, prostate and gynecologic cancers and is experienced in high dose rate (HDR) Brachytherapy, 3-D treatment planning, Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), Image-guided Radiotherapy (IGRT) and Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS). Trained in bio-oxidative therapies, Dr. Harrison utilizes a holistic and complementary approach (conventional therapy and alternative medicine) to provide patients the highest level of medical care.

Prior to her arrival, Dr. Harrison served as a radiation oncologist at several respected cancer centers and groups in Florida including Cancer Centers of Florida in Orlando, Florida Radiation Oncology Group, North Florida Cancer Centers and Cancer Hope Treatment Centers in Lake City and Live Oak as well as North Florida Cancer Institute in Gainesville. She has also practiced at Uropartners Prostate Center in Glenview, IL and Cancer CarePoint, Inc. in Decatur, GA

Dr. Harrison is an active member in local medical communities including the Quality Improvement Council and Women’s Health Advisory Board at Lake City Medical Center as well as the Cancer Committee at North Florida Regional Medical Center. She is also a frequent speaker at community health lectures regarding the latest radiation therapy treatments for cancer patients.

“I am extremely excited to join InterCommunity Cancer Centers,” said Dr. Harrison. “I look forward to collaborating with the cancer center’s dedicated team of medical and radiation oncologists to provide a unique combination of holistic medicine and advanced radiation therapies for our patients.”

Dr. Harrison received a bachelor of science degree in Nursing at Medical University of Southern Carolina in Charleston, SC and earned her medical degree from Eastern California University Medical School in Greenville, NC. She interned at Pitt County Memorial Hospital’s Department of Internal Medicine in Greenville, NC and completed her residency in Radiation Oncology at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC.

“It is a great honor to welcome Dr. Harrison to our talented and experienced radiation therapy team,” said Hal M. Jacobson, M.D., founder and President of InterCommunity Cancer Centers and Cancer Care Associates, P.A. “We are confident that her experience and dedication to the field of radiation oncology will have an immediate impact on the Cancer Center and the communities we serve.”


ABOUT INTERCOMMUNITY CANCER CENTERS (Leesburg and Lady Lake, FL)
The Technology Leadership of the InterCommunity Cancer Center discovers and provides new techniques and skills ahead of most universities and other cancer centers. Founded in 1985 by Dr. Hal M. Jacobson, this leadership has been recognized at State and National levels by requests to provide invited lectures to University and National Conferences as well as development and educational consulting services to major corporations. All ICCC physicians are Board Certified and practice in affiliation with Moffitt Cancer Institute. Locations in Lady Lake and Leesburg were created to provide this expertise in the comfort of the patient’s own community avoiding the risks, stress, and cost of extensive travel.

ICCC also provides coordination of health care services with a variety of conventional and complementary practitioners for all forms of cancer. Among the treatment options they offer: first in the area to offer IMRT, Calypso® 4D Localization System™ for prostate treatment, SAVI breast treatment, prostate “seed” implants, Varian Clinac Linear Accelerators, HDR brachytherapy, and FOCAL virtual simulation, KODAK AccuLoc based and ultrasound based IGRT, first in the State of Florida to offer Cesium-131 seeds, dedicated CT Scan Treatment Simulator and Virtual Simulation of treatments for precision planning. The advanced technology is managed by an experienced team of experts including Dosimetrists, Radiation Therapists, and Medical Physicists.

ABOUT VANTAGE ONCOLOGY, INC.
Founded in October 2002, Manhattan Beach, California-based Vantage Oncology, LLC. acquires, joint ventures, develops and operates state-of-the-art radiation oncology centers. Vantage Oncology was created in response to the growing need among cancer patients, hospitals and physicians for accessible and advanced radiation treatment therapies. Vantage Oncology is led by a seasoned management team, including Chief Executive Officer Michael Fiore, Medical Director Leslie Botnick, M.D., Chief Financial Officer Marshal Salomon and Chief Development Officer Mark Ahern.


CONTACT:
Trace Longo
Longo Communications
(949) 364-2821

Deborah Reagan
Netowrk Development Manager
Inter Community Cancer Centers, Vantage Oncology
(352) 267-2922