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November 23, 2008

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Leonard Weiner, MD

Topic: STAPH INFECTIONS & MRSA

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THIS WEEK Jeffrey Bogart, MD & Hemangini Shah, MD, discuss image guided radiation therapy, a new radiation treatment system with a refined tumor-targeting capability that spares adjacent health tissue and organs. Registered dietitians Nancy Rindfuss & Terry Podolak discuss the nutrition services available to outpatients including ob/gyn and pediatric patients.

For information on Dynamic Targeting IGRT at University Hospital: www.upstate.edu/uh/radonc/procedures_igrt.php.

For more information on nutrition services at University Hospital, call Health Connections at 315.464.8668 or toll free 800.464.8668.

Health Information Center Resources on This Week's Show

From Medical News Today:

How Dynamic Targeting (TM) IGRT Technology Enables Advanced Forms of Cancer Treatment, from Varian Medical Systems.
Advances In Image-Guided Radiotherapy Allowing More Precise Cancer Treatments, described at Varian Medical Systems Symposium.
Pioneering Image-Guided Radiotherapy Takes Place Using Varian Equipment At Top Cancer Hospital In Belgium.
MIMA Treats Metastatic Cancer Using Ultra-Precise Image-Guided Radiotherapy Technology, from Varian Medical Systems.

“Improvements in radiotherapy practice: the impact of new imaging technologies”, from Cancer Imaging: Official Publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society. 2004; 4(2): 142–150. PubMed Central – National Library of Medicine – a free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.

CENTERLINE Magazine, a magazine for the clinical oncology community from Varian Medical Systems.

Dynamic Targeting IGRT, from Varian Medical Systems.

Image-Guided Radiotherapy: Targeting the Tumor, from Varian Medical Systems.

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Medical Speak Word of the Week— MODALITY

Definition: Modality is the method of treatment - such as surgery, chemotherapy, or electrotherapy - the way a disease or condition is cured or symptoms are relieved.

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