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Promotional Content • Saturday 21st September 2019


The Leeds Gamma Knife Centre, at Nova Healthcare, is currently marking its 10th anniversary


he Leeds Gamma Knife Centre treated its first patient on 10 March 2009. Over the last decade,


Celebrating 10 years of innovation at Leeds T


the centre has helped thousands of patients for a range of conditions in the brain including benign tumours and metastatic disease using its Gamma Knife machine. Gamma Knife is able to reach deep


areas in the three-dimensional


brain using computer


imaging to guide very narrow and intensely focused beams of gamma radiation with pinpoint accuracy to defined areas. The radiation delivery is extremely precise, which means tissue surrounding the treat- ment area is spared. The technolo- gy’s level of precision and accuracy allows delivery of highly effective doses of radiation exactly where


needed while preserving healthy surrounding tissue and its function as well as quality of life. In 2015, the centre upgraded to


the Leksell Gamma Knife Icon — the only one in the north of England — which has enabled the treatment of tumours previously considered too high risk either due to their size or proximity to critical structures. This upgrade took a great treat-


ment option and made it even better, building on the Perfexion system that’s been the gold standard in stereotactic radiosurgery since 2006. These


innovations improve


the patient experience, allow for new treatment methods and increase the guaranteed precision to 0.15mm, making it the preferred option for the Leeds Gamma Knife specialists.


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