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Cancer Therapy
Froedtert Hospital begins treating previously untreatable cancer patients
December 14th, 2004
Cancer patients diagnosed with previously untreatable tumors are being treated at Froedtert Hospital with the new TomoTherapy Hi-Art System. The technology, developed by Madison, Wisconsin-based TomoTherapy, Inc., is the latest evolution of cancer radiation therapy, according to the company. Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin is one of 16 institutions in North America to install the system, and the first in eastern Wisconsin. TomoTherapy is an image-guided, intensity-modulated radiotherapy system that combines the precision of a CT (computerized tomography) scan with the potency of high-energy radiation treatment to...
Source: cancer weekly (2004-12-14)
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