Good Morning My Friends,
Thought you would like to know. Besides the new radiation device of
stereotactic radiosurgery being successfully utilized by Dr. Gil
Lederman, there is a new and similar technique being utilized in
California at UCI (University of California Irvine).
"Radiation therapy has taken quantum leap with implementation of the
Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), or PEACOCK System, at UCI
Medical Center-the only location in CAlifornia and one of just 14
facilities nationwide to be clinically employing this technology.
Approved by the FDA in 1996, the PEACOCK, System has been used in over
500 cases involving head, neck, brain, paraspinal, thoracic, lung,
extremity or prostate tumors.
"tumors close to organs and nerves are especially difficult to trreat,
"says Nilam Ramsinghani, MD, director of Radiation Oncology. PEACOCK,
precision allows us to conform the radiation regardless of the tumors
size, shape or location. Because of the precision, patients cn receive
more than the maximum allowable dose of conventional radiation
therapy-even at multiple sites."
HOpe this benefits those that are seeking body, brain, lung tumor
recovery.
God Bless
marty auslander
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