When you think about brain cancer research, I am sure that most people commonly associate with invasive surgery. It's almost necessary for people to go under the knife if they desire direct treatment of these tumors. Without it, it's difficult to treat specific growths in the brain and it's like there are few alternatives to take. Having said that, however, it seems like one hospital is offering up a new method which will not require usage of a sharp instrument in order to see it through.
According to an article posted on the Destin Log website, the Sacred Heart Hospital would be utilizing a new tool in order to treat tumors within the brain. Going by the name of the Gamma Knife Perfexion, it makes use of beams in order to work with this condition. It basically works the same way as surgery - targeting specific growths - without ever having to utilize the knife. When you consider this idea alone, people would be open to making use of it.
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.
The article talked about the number of causes that this procedure can help, too, which only helps brain cancer research to expand. Both malignant and benign tumors are to be helped by this and there's also a condition by the name of arteriovenous malformation to take into account. For those who don't know, AVM is found in between arteries and veins and it can cause difficulty in terms of speech as well as bouts of numbing and tingling in the body. These details should be looked at more often by companies along the lines of 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.
According to an article posted on the Destin Log website, the Sacred Heart Hospital would be utilizing a new tool in order to treat tumors within the brain. Going by the name of the Gamma Knife Perfexion, it makes use of beams in order to work with this condition. It basically works the same way as surgery - targeting specific growths - without ever having to utilize the knife. When you consider this idea alone, people would be open to making use of it.
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.
The article talked about the number of causes that this procedure can help, too, which only helps brain cancer research to expand. Both malignant and benign tumors are to be helped by this and there's also a condition by the name of arteriovenous malformation to take into account. For those who don't know, AVM is found in between arteries and veins and it can cause difficulty in terms of speech as well as bouts of numbing and tingling in the body. These details should be looked at more often by companies along the lines of 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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