LAKEWOOD RANCH, Fla. - s4story -- Advocate Radiation Oncology has opened a second cancer treatment center in Manatee County with the addition of a new location in Lakewood Ranch.

The new center, which complements Advocate's location in Bradenton, will expand Advocate's ability to deliver powerful cancer treatment conveniently close to patients' homes under the guidance of compassionate experts.

Dr. My-Lien Truong and Dr. Dwight Fitch are now seeing Advocate patients in Lakewood Ranch.

Truong earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, with minors in mathematics and biology, from the University of Oklahoma before completing her medical degree at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, where she remained for a residency in radiation oncology. Additionally, Truong completed an internship in pediatrics at Washington University in St. Louis.

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Fitch earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering at the University of Michigan and began his career at Dow Chemical and Proctor & Gamble, conducting research in material applications and fluid dynamics. He later changed career paths and completed a medical degree at the University of Michigan Medical School. Fitch's residency in radiation oncology was at William Beaumont Hospital in Detroit. Board-certified in radiation oncology, Fitch has treated patients in the Bradenton-Sarasota area for 20 years.

Both physicians are actively involved in cancer research and support numerous cancer-related charitable causes throughout the region.

The Lakewood Ranch center is Advocate's 16^th cancer treatment center in Florida, where patients have access to Varian and Elekta machines that are widely recognized as the most innovative radiotherapy systems available. Advocate also maintains a partnership with Southwest Florida Proton in Estero, the first proton treatment center on Florida's west coast. Proton therapy is often recommended to treat pediatric and recurrent cancers, as well as cancers of the central nervous system, head and neck, prostate, gastrointestinal and breast.

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Advocate's Lakewood Ranch cancer treatment center is located at 8946 77^th Terrace East. For more information or to make an appointment, please visit AdvocateRO.com or call 941-907-9053.

About Advocate Radiation Oncology

Advocate Radiation Oncology has a mission to provide compassionate health care expertise to cancer patients. The practice's world-class, board-certified radiation oncologists and researchers trained at some of the nation's top medical schools and access industry-leading technology to treat patients with breast, prostate, lung, brain, head and neck, rectal, liver, bone, cervical and other types of cancers. Advocate is a fully physician-owned practice with 16 cancer treatment centers across southern Florida. For more information, please visit AdvocateRO.com.