High-tech Shaped-beam Radiosurgery System Preserves More Healthy Tissue
Thu, 04 May 2006 02:00 AM EST
... Loyola University Health System has become the first hospital in Illinois to treat a patient with Novalis shaped-beam body radiosurgery, an advanced, computer-assisted therapy that preserves nearby healthy tissue as it precisely targets tumors of the lung, spine, head and neck, liver, prostate and other areas. ...
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