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Kettering's new cancer-fighting tool
Updated: Monday, 10 Dec 2012, 10:58 PM EST
Published : Monday, 10 Dec 2012, 10:58 PM EST
KETTERING, Ohio (WDTN) - Kettering Medical Center showed off its newest cancer-fighting medical breakthrough Monday.
The Gamma Knife was given to the hospital at no cost by its designer, Elekta AB of Sweden. This is a savings to Kettering of more than $150,000.
The Gamma Knife is not a knife, but a machine that directs precisely focused beams of radiation at the affected area in the brain without harming healthy tissue. It provides the most precise brain treatment in the world.
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