A 'Star Trekky' procedure nobody knows about
The Gamma Knife delivers a pinpointed dose of radiation to treat tumours and painful disorders - but it's being underused
January 2, 2009
Days before an appointment to have 201 radioactive beams shot into his brain, Canadian actor Gordon Pinsent was gripped with a familiar sort of dread. He had dealt with it before: mostly before stepping onstage or shooting commenced on films such as Away from Her and The Shipping News.
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Gamma Knife offers noninvasive treatment for vascular disorders, brain tumors
November 2008
A week after graduating from high school, Katherine Coit had brain surgery to remove an abnormal tangle of blood vessels that were bleeding in her brain
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Gamma Knife Offers Hope to Cancer Patients
October 2008
For Jessie "Foy" McMaster, his recurring struggle with cancer isn't just a battle, it's all-out war.
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State of the Art Tool Promises Better TreatmenT
September 2008
The USC Keck School of Medicine's Department of Neurological Surgery is among the first in the nation to acquire a powerful new tool in the fight against serious brain disorders.
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First US pancreatic cancer patient is treated using Elekta VMAT system
July 2008
A patient with pancreatic cancer has become the first person in the USA to receive treatment using Elekta VMAT (Volumetric intensity Modulated Arc Therapy) at Seattle’s Swedish Cancer Institute.
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First Patient Undergoes Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy Treatment (VMAT)
February 2008
New radiation therapy system has been successfully implemented by docs on the first patient in General Hospital Vienna.
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Radiation Treatment with Few Side Effects
August 2007
"A patient comes in and lays on this table. We have these green lasers on the wall and ceiling to line up the patient," explains medical physicist Marty Johnson.
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Surgery May Help Giant Achieve NBA Dreams
November 2006
Cutting-edge Procedure Expected to Remove Tumor, Improving Health and Physical Ability
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