Brain cancer research is one of those actions which people think that invasive surgery is the only way to make it happen. If you do not go under the knife, you may not be able to treat tumors at their sources. To most people, there isn't another way that directly impacts them within the brain. While this new form of treatment seems to be fairly new, a hospital has brought it to light and it seems like there is quite a bit of potential with it as well.
An article was shown on the Destin Log website, saying that the Sacred Heart Hospital would be making use of a brand new tool to treat brain tumors. The Gamma Knife Perfexion would not utilize common methods and instead put fine-focused radiation beams to the test in order to treat these growths. This is not your standard method of surgery where one would have to go under the knife. Just the idea that one wouldn't have to undergo this kind of surgery alone should be enough of a reason for this new method to be used.
For those who think that a Gamma Knife is an entirely new concept, you'd be mistaken. In fact, there are over 275 hospitals and institutions around the world which make use of this. The newsworthy nature about this story, though, comes from the fact that this hospital is the first along the Gulf Coast to truly utilize it. Compared to your standard surgical procedure of going under the knife, the Gamma Knife is not quite as risky in comparison, as you could very well imagine.
As stated before, this procedure can help a number of conditions, which only helps to make brain cancer research all the easier. Along with tumors - benign and malignant alike - there is also a focus on a condition called arteriovenous malformation. AVM is a condition between the arteries and veins, which can cause difficulty in terms of speech, basic movement, and so forth. These sorts of facts are important for the sake of research and should easily bring attention to organizations like Voices Against Brain Cancer.
The Gamma Knife Perfexion is a procedure that has started back in Feburary and will, in recent times, start to go about its first case. I can only hope that said case goes over well and that we will start to see actual results. I want to believe that this system can live up to its advanced technology and refined hardware in order to help people. Cures can be found, I believe, and I think it's just a matter of taking the necessary steps to get to that point.
An article was shown on the Destin Log website, saying that the Sacred Heart Hospital would be making use of a brand new tool to treat brain tumors. The Gamma Knife Perfexion would not utilize common methods and instead put fine-focused radiation beams to the test in order to treat these growths. This is not your standard method of surgery where one would have to go under the knife. Just the idea that one wouldn't have to undergo this kind of surgery alone should be enough of a reason for this new method to be used.
For those who think that a Gamma Knife is an entirely new concept, you'd be mistaken. In fact, there are over 275 hospitals and institutions around the world which make use of this. The newsworthy nature about this story, though, comes from the fact that this hospital is the first along the Gulf Coast to truly utilize it. Compared to your standard surgical procedure of going under the knife, the Gamma Knife is not quite as risky in comparison, as you could very well imagine.
As stated before, this procedure can help a number of conditions, which only helps to make brain cancer research all the easier. Along with tumors - benign and malignant alike - there is also a focus on a condition called arteriovenous malformation. AVM is a condition between the arteries and veins, which can cause difficulty in terms of speech, basic movement, and so forth. These sorts of facts are important for the sake of research and should easily bring attention to organizations like Voices Against Brain Cancer.
The Gamma Knife Perfexion is a procedure that has started back in Feburary and will, in recent times, start to go about its first case. I can only hope that said case goes over well and that we will start to see actual results. I want to believe that this system can live up to its advanced technology and refined hardware in order to help people. Cures can be found, I believe, and I think it's just a matter of taking the necessary steps to get to that point.
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