Jonathan Engle talks about how the group’s cyclotron produces materials for dozens of other institutions and labs. The cyclotron is a particle accelerator the size of an industrial fridge.
A GammaTile, an implant about the width of a penny, is placed in the space in the brain after a tumor is surgically removed, and it delivers radiation to treat the remaining microscopic tumor cells.
From left, Dr. Brett Morris, radiation oncologist at UW Health Carbone Cancer Center and assistant professor of radiation medicine and Dr. Azam Ahmed, UW Health neurosurgeon and associate professor of neurosurgery, radiology and otolaryngology at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, hold a GammaTile. The implant is a new type of treatment for brain tumors at UW Health.
A GammaTile, an implant about the width of a penny, is placed in the space in the brain after a tumor is surgically removed, and it delivers radiation to treat the remaining microscopic tumor cells.
From left, Dr. Brett Morris, radiation oncologist at UW Health Carbone Cancer Center and assistant professor of radiation medicine and Dr. Azam Ahmed, UW Health neurosurgeon and associate professor of neurosurgery, radiology and otolaryngology at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, hold a GammaTile. The implant is a new type of treatment for brain tumors at UW Health.
