A team at Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University has become the first in Oregon to implant a radioactive brain tumor device.
The device, called the GammaTile, is the size of a postage stamp and is implanted after a brain tumor is surgically removed. The tile delivers a concentrated dose of radiation to the surrounding tissue, according to a July 23 news release from the university.
The procedure was performed by neurosurgeon Stephen Bowden, MD, radiation oncologist Joshua Walker, MD, and medical physicist Joy Foy, PhD, alongside an anesthesiologist and surgical team.
“OHSU has conducted two further surgeries using GammaTile since the first case,” the release said. “Physicians expect demand for the treatment will increase.”
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