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X-knife

November 7, 2016 by

X-knife

A device which radiates small areas of the brain. The x-knife can focus radiation therapy to a specific small area. Use of this type of radiation therapy allows a patient to receive radiation in smaller doses on repeated occasions and to be treated for tumors that are very close to very critical structures such as the visual nerves, which are sensitive to radiation. The x-knife is often used to remove pieces of the tumor left behind during surgery.

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