Archive for July 23rd, 2010
New GPS-like system to track prostate cancer tumors now offered to patients undergoing radiation therapy
Friday, July 23rd, 2010A new system that utilizes a precise a GPS-like system to track prostate cancer tumors is now being offered to patients undergoing radiation therapy at Cedars-Sinai’s Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute. The monitoring system, called Calypso, allows radiation beams to more precisely target the cancer as it gives real-time positioning information that allows the radiation beams to focus …
Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute Has New GPS-like System That Delivers More Focused Radiation to Prostate …
Friday, July 23rd, 2010A new system that utilizes a precise a GPS-like system to track prostate cancer tumors is now being offered to patients undergoing radiation therapy at Cedars-Sinai’s Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute. The monitoring system, called Calypso, allows radiation beams to more precisely target the cancer as it gives real-time positioning information that allows the radiation beams to focus …