First Of New Generation ‘Gamma Knife’ To Target Brain Tumors Installed At Sutter Health. The 21-ton machine is able to more precisely and quickly use radiation beams than earlier models. Sutter spent ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Brain surgery for any reason can be a risky proposition, because it is hard not to damage normal brain tissue during an operation. But what if surgeons could destroy ...

A 20-ton “gamma knife” arrived Monday at the Indiana University Medical Center, where it will become the first of its kind in Indiana when it comes on line in August. A crane was used t… ...

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJ) New Brunswick is the first hospital in New Jersey to offer the Leksell Gamma Knife Icon, the most precise stereotactic radiosurgery system (SRS ...

New High-tech Tool For Brain Disorders, Gamma Knife, Now In Use Date: December 12, 2007 Source: University of California - San Francisco Summary: A new advanced noninvasive, radiosurgery tool for ...

Gamma Knife focuses 200 beams of radiation to its target, according to the Mayo Clinic. It is a one-time treatment, compared to other forms of radiation, which can take weeks.

Brain metastases from ovarian cancer (BMFOC) are rare but associated with poor prognosis. This study aimed to evaluate the ...

Elekta: First patient in Switzerland treated with Elekta’s Leksell Gamma Knife Icon Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois Upgrades to Latest-Generation Elekta Radiosurgery System ...

New Delhi: AIIMS performed its first-ever gamma knife radiation treatment for retinoblastoma, a rare eye cancer, on two young patients. The medical te.

Gamma Knife Spokane has sued Deaconess Hospital’s former owner, accusing hospital officials of bilking the company out of more than $500,000 in insurance payments.

Johnston-Willis celebrated its 5,000th Gamma Knife radiosurgery on Friday with Sahni and the Gamma Knife Center team. The hospital first acquired the Gamma Knife technology in 2004.