 My name is Dr. Preeti Patel. I am medical director of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Riverview Medical Center. The difference between radiation therapy and chemotherapy is that radiation delivers high energy x-rays focused to a target to kill cancer cells. So it is very targeted to a specific area in the body, whereas chemotherapy is delivered either intravenously or orally and that drug will be delivered everywhere in the bloodstream. As the community's population is increasing and the needs of the patients are increasing, Hackensack Meridian Health wanted to make sure they are giving quality state-of-the-art services to their population. Hackensack Meridian Health spent millions of dollars to install brand new true beam linear accelerators with rapid-art technology in each of the campuses. It allows us to precisely target the cancer, killing the cancer cells, but minimizing the dose to surrounding critical structures. Hackensack Meridian Health was one of the first hospitals in the tri-state area to have CyberKnife over 10 years ago. And what CyberKnife allows us to do is give several weeks worth of radiation in a matter of one to five days. We often use CyberKnife to retreat an area and that's a common misconception. Some patients feel that they've already had radiation, they cannot have radiation again, and that is a misconception we frequently do re-irradiate with CyberKnife if clinically indicated. We treat a very special group of people with cancer diagnosis. We understand how vulnerable they feel and I will do everything in my power to heal the patient while treating their malignancy. When patients come for radiation, they come often daily for several weeks and they form a bond with not only myself but my nurses and my radiation therapists that treat them on a daily basis. And when they have a good outcome, it is very satisfying for us and it makes all the hard work worth it.