M. D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER ACQUIRES LEKSELL GAMMA KNIFE PERFEXION FOR TARGETED BRAIN LESION TREATMENTS
Press ReleaseStockholm, Sweden, February 25, 2008The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, Texas) will add Elekta’s Leksell Gamma Knife® Perfexion™, an advanced radiosurgery device specifically designed to treat one or more lesions in the head in a single session, to their radiation oncology department.“Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion suits our clinical needs,” says Eric Chang, M.D., Director of M. D. Anderson’s Central Nervous System Stereotactic Radiation Program. “The device will be used initially to treat primary brain and skull base tumors as well as single and