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Novel Treatment Approach for Lung Cancer Targets Tumors While They Are Moving

IGR.jpgClinicians at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Cancer Centers successfully treated a lung cancer patient in her mid-fifties using a new more precise technique that combines image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) with respiratory gating to zero in on her tumor while adapting for breathing motion.

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