New Cancer Treatment Device Goes Into Service Today
KCBS News: Dr. Percy Lee talks about the new Novalis Tx radiosurgery machine at UCLAs Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. 25 Jul 2011 07:00 Africa/Lagos New Cancer Treatment Device Goes Into Service Today MANCHESTER, England, July 25, 2011/PRNewswire/ -- - Experts Welcome Latest Advance as Promising Development for UK Patients A treatment system called the Novalis(R) Tx(TM) has gone into service today, which has the ability to destroy cancerous cells virtually anywhere in the body in a single, 20-minute session, without the need for a single cut of the scalpel. The Novalis Tx, installed in The Christie at Salford Royal, a brand new radiotherapy centre in the North West, treats cancer using a specialised technique called radiosurgery which is especially beneficial for tumours of the brain and spine previously thought untreatable by surgeons. Using powerful, highly accurate beams of radiation shaped to fit the precise shape of even the most complex tumours, the system is able to treat p...