Quality Living with Cancer: The Vital Spine

Semmes-Murphey Neurologic & Spine Institute The National Cancer Institute estimates that there are currently 10.8 million cancer survivors living in the United States, which is an astounding 3.7 percent of the population. Fourteen percent of these long-term survivors were diagnosed over twenty years ago. That’s great news and speaks to better awareness and prevention, [...]

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Newest Radiation Therapy at Methodist Hospital Zaps Tumors with Pinpoint Precision

Methodist Hospital Memphis, Tenn. – Henry McFall of Savannah, Tenn., was the first patient to undergo stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), the most advanced radiation treatment to target tumors, at Methodist University Hospital. He had a tumor wrapped around a vertebra in his thoracic spine that was causing him excruciating pain.

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