Definition of radiosurgery
:surgery using precisely targeted radiation to destroy tissue without cutting
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Research Medical is not the only local institution that offers stereotactic radiosurgery, though.
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The University of Kansas Health System performs advanced radiosurgery with a device called the Novalis Tx, and the Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute at Menorah Medical Center uses a device called CyberKnife.
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First Known Use of radiosurgery
1933
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