Located next to Sugar Land Medical Center, this comprehensive $8.6 million, 12,000-square-foot facility developed by Hospital Corporation of American (HCA) and West Houston Medical Center is the first outpatient radiation center to be constructed in Fort Bend County.

The new Center, which opened in April, 2003, is capable of treating more than 150 cancers, including adrenal, bladder, brain, breast, colon, head and neck, kidney, lung, rectal and renal cancers and also offers liver metastasis programs. It also offers the latest advances and information in prevention, screenings and education.

Karl W. King, M.D., is the medical director of the Sugar Land Cancer Center. He is one of the few physicians in the United States board certified in both Internal Medicine and Radiation Oncology -- serves as medical director of the Center.

He is licensed to practice in four states. Dr. King received his doctor of medicine degree from Washington University School of Medicine, which is ranked in the top five in the United States.