Record #:

25835

Author(s):

McGillicuddy, Nancy

Abstract:

Drs. Gordon Downie and Rosa Cuenca are working with Dr. Ron Allison, a radiation oncologist and chairman of the Department of Radiation Oncology at East Carolina’s Brody School of Medicine on a unique and innovate cancer treatment: photodynamic therapy, which uses light rays to target cancerous cells. The Photodynamic Therapy Center is housed at the Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center, supported by Brody and Pitt County Memorial Hospital.

Source:

Edge (NoCar LD 1741 E44 E33), Vol. Issue , Spring 2006, p12-15

Subject(s):

Cancer--Research; East Carolina University. Brody School of Medicine