First Seen Live Webcast: February 8, 2005 4:00pm CST, 5:00pm EST (22:00 UTC)
Methodist University Hospital
Memphis, Tenn.- Methodist Healthcare hosted a live
surgical Webcast at Methodist University Hospital Tuesday, February
8, 2005, 4 pm, showcasing a brain surgery that targets radiation directly
to a tumor cavity. The Webcast featured Allen K. Sills, Jr., MD, neurosurgeon,
Methodist University Hospital, as he performed a procedure using the
GliaSite Radiation Therapy System (RTS). Frederick A. Boop, MD, Chief
of Pediatric Neurosurgery, LeBonheur Children's Medical Center will
narrate the event.
GliaSite Radiation Therapy
In addition to watching Allen K. Sills, Jr., MD, perform live brain
surgery; viewers learned more about GliaSite RTS and heard from a patient
who was being treated with GliaSite RTS as a first-line approach to
metastatic brain cancer.
GliaSite Radiation Therapy
The patient who was receiving GliaSite RTS during the live Webcast was
part of a clinical study being led by Methodist University Hospital
which was examining the effectiveness of using GliaSite as an approach
to treating tumors that have spread to the brain from other parts
of the body. The study involves 10 centers that will analyze the benefits
of using the GliaSite RTS to treat patients with newly diagnosed metastatic
brain cancer. Allen K. Sills, Jr., MD, along with Allen Redmond, RN,
research coordinator, Memphis Regional Brain Tumor Center, wrote the clinical
trial.
To Learn more about The GliaSite Radiation Therapy System or the Clinical Trials - Click Here.
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