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Take a Visual Tour of CyberKnife Radiosurgery (jeffreifman.com)

Posted by timothy on from the first-person-singular dept.

reifman writes: On June 3rd, I had brain surgery to treat a benign tumor called a meningioma. I knew ahead of time that the surgeon wouldn't be able to remove the entire tumor – its geography extended from my cavernous sinus to the pituitary gland to the left hemisphere of the brain and to my brain stem. I also needed CyberKnife radiation therapy to attempt to mutate the remaining tumor's DNA to stop its growth. Come meet Lenore, my robotic radiosurgeon.

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  1. If it makes surgery safer and cheaper... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    the Republicans will never let us have it.

    1. Re:If it makes surgery safer and cheaper... by BarbaraHudson · · Score: 1, Flamebait

      the Republicans will never let us have it.

      They'd say it is cheaper and more effective to use a gun, 'cuz with a gun you can better defend yourself from tumors.

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