New York Hospital Queens
Novel Radiation Therapy to Treat Lung Cancer Used for the First Time in United States, at New York Hospital Queens
Published in Cancer Weekly, December 29th, 2009
A 58-year-old man who lives in Corona, Queens came to the emergency room of New York Hospital Queens (NYHQ) with extreme pain and tingling in his left arm. Although he did not realize it at the time, he had lung cancer. Recently, he made medical history as the first patient in the United States to be treated for lung cancer through the use of radioactive pellets placed directly in the tumor, and today his recovery is going well. Known as brachytherapy, this treatment approach is commonly used to treat prostate cancer.
"Although the patient came in because of pain in his arm, it was not due to an injury. It was discovered that the cause was a Pancoast tumor, a tumor in...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-12-29)
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