Michael “Mike” Ley died April 1, 2023 after a decades-long battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife Ligia Arango of Havre, children Phillip Ley of Libby, Miguel Ley
First in Mississippi: Breast cancer single dose radiation to reduce length of treatments
First in Mississippi: Breast cancer single dose radiation to reduce length of treatments By Roslyn Anderson | January 29, 2021 at 6:51 PM CST - Updated January 29 at 8:16 PM
FLOWOOD, Miss. (WLBT) - Less intense breast cancer radiation treatment, practiced in Europe for two decades, is now available here in Mississippi.
Flowood is where single dose radiation treatment is being performed for the first time in the state. The process will reduce the number of times a patient undergoes radiation therapy.
Surgical oncologist Dr. Phillip Ley is now performing single dose intraoperative radiotherapy surgery at Merit Health Woman’s Hospital.
Miss. hospital offers single-dose radiation therapy for breast cancer patients Breast cancer (Source: Pixabay) By Justin Dixon | January 22, 2021 at 11:08 AM CST - Updated January 22 at 11:54 AM
FLOWOOD, Miss. (WLBT) - Merit Health Womanâs Hospital in Flowood is offering a new treatment of single-dose radiation therapy for qualifying early-stage breast cancer patients.
It is the first hospital in the state to offer
Targeted Intraoperative Radiotherapy, also known as
TARGIT-IORT.
According to a study, the advanced treatment can completely replace the three to six-week course of traditional radiation by administering a targeted dose of radiation during the patientâs tumor removal surgery.