New brain surgery technique sees Iowa debut using implanted radioactive tile

A Des Moines hospital is the first in Iowa to perform brain surgery using a new type of treatment called GammaTile therapy. Dr. Sam Schroeder, a radiation oncologist at UnityPoint Health — John Stoddard Cancer Center, says a postage stamp-sized chip that’s embedded with radiation is implanted in the brain after a tumor is removed. […]

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