IsoRay’s Revolutionary Internal Radiation Therapy For Lung Cancers Is Focus Of National Study

IsoRay’s Revolutionary Internal Radiation Therapy For Lung Cancers Is Focus Of National Study
IsoRay, Inc. (Amex: ISR) announced today the initiation of a multi-institutional study of Cesium-131 brachytherapy seeds (internal radiation therapy) for use in Non Small Cell Lung Cancers (NSCLC). A number of institutions and physicians will be working to collect scientific data to further the use of Cesium-131 internal radiation therapy in conjunction with surgery for NSCLC. The study expands …
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Louisville Dialysis Facility named a ‘Center of Excellence’
Fresenius Medical Care North America, operator of the nation’s leading network of dialysis facilities, today named nine of its Mississippi dialysis facilities Centers of Excellence for achieving the highest standards in patient care in 2009. Each year, to encourage continuous quality improvement, the company recognizes its facilities that are noteworthy in their high achievement of clinical …
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Mayo Clinic Finds Early Success With Laser That Destroys Tumors With Heat
Physicians at Mayo Clinic’s Florida campus are among the first in the nation to use a technique known as MRI-guided laser ablation to heat up and destroy kidney and liver tumors. So far, five patients have been successfully treated meaning no visible tumors remained after the procedure. They join their colleagues at Mayo Clinic’s site in Rochester, Minn., who were the first to use laser ablation …
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