GammaTile Therapy, the latest advancement in brain tumor treatment, is implanted at the time of brain tumor removal surgery and allows patients to receive a therapeutic dose of radiation as they go about their daily lives.

 

TEMPE, Ariz. – January 27, 2021 – GT Medical Technologies, Inc. today announced a patient education event hosted in partnership with the Central New Jersey Brain Tumor Support Group and the Musella Foundation on Thursday, February 4 at 7 PM Eastern Time. Register here for the event. 

 

This virtual webinar will feature presentations by Dr. D. Jay McCracken, Head of Neurosurgical Oncology at the Piedmont Brain Tumor Center in Atlanta, Georgia, and Shannan Achens, a brain tumor survivor and GammaTile Patient Navigator.

 

Host: 

Patricia Anthony, RN, BSN, CNRN

Head of the Central NJ Brain Tumor Support Group

Neuro-Oncology Nurse Clinician

JFK Brain Tumor Center

Hackensack Meridian Health

Edison, NJ

 

Speakers:

D. Jay McCracken, MD

Head of Neurosurgical Oncology

Co-Director of Piedmont Brain Tumor Center

Piedmont Atlanta Hospital

Atlanta, Georgia

 

Shannan Achens

Glioma Survivor

GammaTile Patient Navigator

Kansas City, Kansas

 

Topic: GammaTile Therapy | Surgically Targeted Radiation Therapy for Brain Tumors

 

Agenda:

 

I. GammaTile Therapy Overview

a. Technology

b. Types of Patients Who Can Benefit

c. Clinical Evidence

d. How To Get GammaTile

II. Shannan’s Story | GammaTile Therapy Treatment Experience And Outcome

III. Patient Q&A 

 

Registration is required. Please register here. 

 

About GT Medical Technologies, Inc.

Driven to overcome the limitations of current treatments for brain tumors and raise the standard of care, a team of brain tumor specialists joined forces and formed GT Medical Technologies with a purpose of improving the lives of patients with brain tumors. Its GammaTile Therapy received FDA 510(k) regulatory clearance for the treatment of all types of recurrent brain tumors and newly diagnosed malignant tumors. Patients receive their course of radiation while going about their daily lives, requiring no additional trips to the hospital or clinic for radiation therapy. GammaTile is available in top brain tumor centers across the United States. For more information or to find a GammaTile center near you, visit https://www.gtmedtech.com/ and follow @GTMedTech on Twitter and LinkedIn.