A new type of "triggered imaging" technology enables University of Alabama at Birmingham physicians to better target tumors during radiosurgery and lessens the risk of injury to surrounding lung tissue. Radiosurgery is a focused, highly targeted, high dose of radiation treatment typically taking three to five sessions, as opposed to 25 to 30 sessions for conventional radiation therapy. It is used in very small, inaccessible cancer sites such as those in the brain, lung, liver and pancreas...
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