Groundbreaking
Groundbreaking breast cancer treatment changing local lives
Atlanta - A local woman is on a fast track to recovery from
breast cancer thanks to a groundbreaking procedure.
Doctors at Emory University Hospital Midtown can now perform surgery and radiation in one day.
Doctors at Emory University Hospital Midtown can now perform surgery and radiation in one day.
surgery and radiation in one day.
After surgeons remove a tumor, the medical team works together to use a targeted radiation machine on the problem area.
Channel 2’s Linda Stouffer talked to Anita Warrington before her surgery. She said the one-day treatment is a phenomenal option.
"I walk in, prayer each day, and ever since I have been diagnosed, I have been very relieved because I know that I'm in good hands all the way,” Warrington said.
Warrington is now recovering at home.
Now that the first surgery at the hospital was a success, doctors have more of the procedures scheduled for the next few weeks.
The treatment is only available to women in early stages of cancer or with slow-growing tumors.
After surgeons remove a tumor, the medical team works together to use a targeted radiation machine on the problem area.
Channel 2’s Linda Stouffer talked to Anita Warrington before her surgery. She said the one-day treatment is a phenomenal option.
"I walk in, prayer each day, and ever since I have been diagnosed, I have been very relieved because I know that I'm in good hands all the way,” Warrington said.
Warrington is now recovering at home.
Now that the first surgery at the hospital was a success, doctors have more of the procedures scheduled for the next few weeks.
The treatment is only available to women in early stages of cancer or with slow-growing tumors.
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