Less Invasive More Accurate ‘Seed’ Therapy For Breast Tumor Removal

Physicians at UT Southwestern Medical Center are the first in Texas to use a new technique in which a small radioactive pellet, or “seed”, is implanted into a mass or suspicious lesion in the breast to pinpoint its exact location for surgical removal.During the procedure, a radiologist uses a needle to insert a small radioactive seed, about the size of a grain of rice, into the mass. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Breast Cancer on October 20th, 2007