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Breast Cancer
Experts Discuss Benefits of New SAVI Breast Cancer Treatment
May 1st, 2007
Leading experts on breast cancer treatment discussed the use and benefits of the new SAVI(TM) applicator and procedure for cavity-conforming brachytherapy, during a seminar held April 12 in San Francisco. The device -- developed by BioLucent, Inc. The event, which highlighted new advances in breast brachytherapy, took place in conjunction with the 2007 American Society of Breast Disease Annual Symposium. SAVI offers a single-entry, multi-catheter approach to breast brachytherapy as part of breast-conserving cancer treatment. The applicator combines the tissue-sparing dosimetry of interstitial brachytherapy with the single-entry ease of intracavitary...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2007-05-01)
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