Items Tagged ‘radiation’
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Radiation Treatment for Cancer; Don't Throw the Baby out with the Bath Water!
The New York Times recently reported on a couple of cases of radiation therapy gone terribly wrong. Since then, several radiation oncologists have come out urging us to keep our perspective and remember that these incidences, though devastating, are very rare (less than 1 in 22,000) and that...
Posted on Feb 2, 2010 by Department Author In Blog, Brain Tumor Blog, Gamma Knife Blog -
Radiosurgery Trials Looking Good for Epileptics
Dr. Robert Goodman from our Epilepsy Center was part of a multi-center trial on the use of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery as an alternative to open brain surgery to help Epileptics get rid of their seizures. Results from this trial have been published this year in the February issue of Annals of Neurol...
Posted on Dec 22, 2009 by Department Author In Blog, Brain Tumor Blog, Epilepsy Blog, Gamma Knife Blog, Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Uncategorized
