ADVISORY/Lance Armstrong to Introduce New Cancer Treatment Technology at Anne Arundel Medical Center.Assignment Desks ADVISORY...for Thursday (Dec. 19) ANNAPOLIS, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 17, 2002 AAMC AAMC Association of American Medical Colleges AAMC Anne Arundel Medical Center (Annapolis, MD) AAMC American Association of Medical Colleges AAMC American Alliance for Medical Cannabis AAMC Accredited Association Management Company Is the First Medical Center in Mid-Atlantic Region to Provide Novalis Shaped Beam Surgery Technology for Cancer Patients Lance Armstrong Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971) is a retired American professional road racing cyclist. He won the Tour de France—cycling's most prestigious race—seven consecutive times, from 1999 to 2005. , four-time consecutive winner of the Tour de France Tour de France World's most prestigious and difficult bicycle race. Staged for three weeks each July—usually in some 20 daylong stages—the Tour typically comprises 20 professional teams of nine riders each and covers some 3,600 km (2,235 miles) of flat and , will help Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC) Cancer Center unveil an innovative radiosurgery radiosurgery /ra·dio·sur·gery/ (-ser´jer-e) surgery in which tissue destruction is performed by means of ionizing radiation rather than by surgical incision. technology program to help patients in the mid-Atlantic region. Expected to attract hundreds of cancer survivors Cancer survivors are those individuals with cancer of any type, current or past, who are still living. The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) pioneered the definition of survivor as from the time of diagnosis and for the balance of life, a person diagnosed with , the ceremony celebrates the $13 million renovation and expansion of AAMC's Cancer Center. The center is one of a handful of hospitals in the U.S. that offers Novalis(R) Shaped Beam Surgery(TM) for treating brain and other tumors. Novalis integrates imaging and targeting software with a high-energy shaped beam delivery system to obliterate o·blit·er·ate v. 1. To remove an organ or another body part completely, as by surgery, disease, or radiation. 2. To blot out, especially through filling of a natural space by fibrosis or inflammation. tumors without harming surrounding healthy tissue. The non-invasive procedure permits physicians to treat tumors of the brain, head, neck, spine, liver, lung and prostate prostate /pros·tate/ (pros´tat) a gland surrounding the bladder neck and urethra in the male; it contributes a secretion to the semen.prostat´ic pros·tate n. The prostate gland. adj. .
WHEN: Thursday, December 19, 2002, 1 p.m. EST
WHERE: AAMC Cancer Center at Medical Park Campus, Annapolis, MD
WHAT: Lance Armstrong will introduce the Novalis Technology at
AAMC's Cancer Center. Clinical leaders in neuroscience and
oncology will provide a comprehensive overview of the
Novalis system, as well as information on AAMC's
state-of-the-art Cancer Center. Guided tour available to
media upon request.
AAMC's team of medical experts can provide interviews about:
-- Novalis Technology and How it Works
-- The Development of Stereotactic Radiosurgery
-- The Selection of Anne Arundel Medical Center as a
Treatment Site
-- The $13 Million Expansion of AAMC's Cancer Center
WHO: Lance Armstrong, Cancer Survivors, and Clinical Experts of
AAMC's Oncology Team
Please visit www.aahs.org for more information regarding AAMC's Cancer Center. |
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