Health Care & Insurance  March 7, 2018

Good Sam treatment targets liver cancer

Nurse Practitioner Amy Kreeger, left, and Dr. Raj Gupta
Nurse Practitioner Amy Kreeger, left, and Dr. Raj Gupta stand in the Interventional Radiology suite at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Lafayette. The suite is where the hospital performs the Y-90 cancer treatment procedure.
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Nurse Practitioner Amy Kreeger, left, and Dr. Raj Gupta
Nurse Practitioner Amy Kreeger, left, and Dr. Raj Gupta stand in the Interventional Radiology suite at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Lafayette. The suite is where the hospital performs the Y-90 cancer treatment procedure. Courtesy Good Samaritan Medical Center

LAFAYETTE — In January, Good Samaritan Medical Center completed its first procedure that uses a specific type of high level radiation to treat a patient with colorectal cancer that has spread to the liver.

The radioembolization procedure delivers…

Elizabeth Gold
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