American Shared Hospital Services Announces Fourth Quarter and Year End 2003 Earnings Conference Call.Business Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 21, 2004 American Shared Hospital Services (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :AMS AMS - Andrew Message System )(PCX (1) A bitmapped graphics file format that handles monochrome, 2-bit, 4-bit, 8-bit and 24-bit color and uses RLE to achieve compression ratios of approximately 1.1:1 to 1.5:1. Images with large blocks of solid colors compress best under the RLE method. See PC Paintbrush. :AMS), the leading provider of Gamma Knife Gamma Knife A trademark for a radiologic nonsurgical device used in stereotactic radiosurgery. Gamma knife A surgical tool that focuses beams of radiation at the head, which converge in the brain to form a lesion. (R) 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. services, will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss fourth quarter and year end 2003 results on Tuesday, January 27 at 4:00 PM Eastern time. Fourth quarter and year end 2003 results will be released the morning of Tuesday, January 27. Date/Time Tuesday, January 27 at 4:00 PM ET/1:00 PM PT Teleconference and Webcast Information To participate, please call 800/447-0521 at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the call. A live on- demand webcast of the call will be provided by CCBN CCBN Central Coast Bancorp CCBN Charles County Business Network and posted at www.ashs.com and www.companyboardroom.com. The webcast is also being distributed over CCBN's Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call through CCBN's individual investor center at www.companyboardroom.com or by visiting any of the investor sites in CCBN's Individual Investor Network. Institutional investors can access the call via CCBN's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com). About American Shared Hospital Services and the Gamma Knife American Shared Hospital Services is building a profitable medical services company in an under served niche -- turnkey technology solutions for advanced radiosurgical procedures. The Company's core business is supplying hospitals with the Gamma Knife -- a non- invasive treatment for malignant and benign brain tumors, vascular malformations and trigeminal neuralgia Trigeminal Neuralgia Definition Trigeminal neuralgia is a disorder of the trigeminal nerve (the fifth cranial nerve) that causes episodes of sharp, stabbing pain in the cheek, lips, gums, or chin on one side of the face. (facial pain). The Gamma Knife, the gold standard in radiosurgery, reduces surgical risk and patient discomfort, resulting in a shorter hospital stay and lower risk of complications. In most cases, Gamma Knife patients resume their normal activities within a few days of treatment, compared to weeks or months for patients who undergo conventional surgery. More than 200,000 patients worldwide have already received this treatment. American Shared Hospital Services is the world leader in providing Gamma Knife radiosurgery services. |
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