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"new" radiation therapy technique (SMART)

Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Nov 29 10:40pm | Replies (22)
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While researching pancreatic cancer radiation treatments, we learned of the SCINTIX process which uses PET imaging to realign the radiation beam as the tumor moves. This has only been approved by the FDA for lung cancer. It is used at Stanford, Yale, Hackensack-Meridian, and City of Hope.

We were researching the SMART system, which uses MRI imaging to realign the radiation beam in real time. It is used for pancreatic cancer at Baptist Health in Miami.

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denzie | @denzie | May 18 7:14am

My friend was treated for her pancreatic cancer with the MRI guided radiation at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit during the latter part of 2020. As a lung cancer patient I was very interested in the technology and was allowed into the treatment room when her treatment finished for the day.

At this time I am away from home and don't have access to the business card I was given. I will make a note to find the doctors card and get back with it.

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