Flavio Rocha, Hedinger Chair of Surgical Oncology and Physician-in-Chief at OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, shared on LinkedIn by Oregon Health and Science University Foundation, adding:
“Many thanks to our Radiation Medicine and Neurosurgery teams for bringing this novel brain radiation therapy to our patients at OHSU Knight Cancer Institute.”
Quoting Oregon Health and Science University Foundation:
“This month, a team at Oregon Health and Science University became the first in Oregon to implant a new type of radioactive tile to improve the outcome for patients with brain tumors. The tile, which is roughly the size of a postage stamp, delivers a safe dose of radiation where a brain tumor was removed.
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