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Beating the Odds
New technology helps woman fight cancer
BY PIET LEVY Post-Tribune staff writer
This story ran in the Post Tribune on February 18, 2008

Pamela Downs-Angotti was supposed to be dead nearly four years ago. But thanks in large part to a new technology at The Methodist Hospitals in Merrillville -- stereotactic body radiosurgery -- Downs-Angotti is still alive and for the past 2.5 years has been cancer-free. more

 

Cancer Treatment Group:
Helping Patients Live Strong
BY HEATHER AUGUSTYN Times Correspondent
This nwitimes.com story ran on January 30, 2008

When a person is diagnosed with cancer, fighting for their life is battle enough. But defending the body against the impact of the chemotherapy and radiation is also a struggle. more

 

Second Chances
Gamma Knife Procedure Saves Man's Life
BY ERICKA ROSE Times Correspondent
This nwitimes.com story ran on March 12, 2007

It all started with the simple annoyance of wearing glasses. If Steve Kirschner had not investigated the option of having a procedure to correct his vision, his life may have taken a much more dismal turn. more

 

Radiosurgery: A noninvasive option
New cancer treatment leaves minimal side effects and doesn't involve surgery
BY ROBIN HUIRAS Times Correspondent
This story ran on nwitimes.com on Sunday, November 14, 2004 12:19 AM CST

Painful surgeries, drawn-out radiation sessions and the possibility of chemotherapy side effects are thoughts that usually spring to mind when cancer patients are faced with treatment options.

But an innovative new procedure, being performed at the Oncology Institute of The Methodist Hospitals Southlake in Merrillville, takes the pain, length and nasty side effects out of the cancer-treatment equation. more

 

Cancer Treatment Offers Hope
Targeted readiation spares surrounding tissue in innovative therapy procedure
BY LAURA CUSC
This story ran in Post Tribune, on Tuesday October 5,2004 download pdf