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The AccuBoost design that combines the power of real-time mammography image guidance and the conformal dose of non-invasive brachytherapy is proving to be the ideal approach for preoperative radiotherapy – where radiation is delivered prior to surgery. The newly...
Health Professional, New Users, News
AccuBoost welcomes Paul Kocheril, MD, who has recently joined the staff of Genesys Hurley Cancer Institute in Flint, MI. Dr. Kocheril was quick to embrace the benefits of AccuBoost technology and has been treating many of his patients with it. Genesis Hurley is the...
Health Professional, Newsletters
The boost registry has been collecting data since the time of the initial publication. Jessica Schuster, MD, while completing her residency training at Virginia Commonwealth University, coordinated data collection and analysis from various contributing centers. The...
Health Professional, Newsletters
Radiotherapy prior to surgery is not uncommon in radiation oncology. However, this approach has not been fully explored for breast. Investigators in the US and Europe, have recently started exploring this option. The main advantage of preoperative radiotherapy is a...
Health Professional, Newsletters, Patients
Qualifying patients for treatment can be a challenge. Premature promises that a patient should be a candidate and last minute discovery that, for whatever reasons, she is not a candidate can often cause unnecessary disappointment/disruption in patients’ schedules. It...
Health Professional, Newsletters
If other users like the AccuBoost procedure, Heather Jones, MD. loves it – for the simple fact that she has spent more time than most exploring the benefits and side effects of the all-important boost component of whole breast radiation. Dr. Jones is leading the...