RICHLAND, Wash., May 30, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IsoRay, Inc. (NYSE American: ISR), a medical technology company and innovator in seed brachytherapy and medical radioisotope applications for the treatment of prostate, brain, lung, head and neck and gynecological cancers, today announced the initiation of research funding for brain cancer treatment to Ochsner Clinic Foundation, a not-for-profit health system based in Louisiana.
The funding is intended to support a study entitled “Comparison of Minimally Invasive Keyhole Craniotomy and Stereotactic Radiosurgery for the Treatment of New Brain Oligometastases: A Prospective, Open Label Study”. The study will be led by Dr. Marcus Ware M.D., Ph.D., Medical Director of Neurosurgical Oncology at Ochsner. Dr. Ware is a Harvard Medical School graduate who completed his residency at the University of California, San Francisco, one of the premiere programs in the world in brain tumor surgery and neuro-oncology. At Ochsner, he specializes in the treatment of primary and metastatic brain tumors.
Dr. Ware has actively pursued therapies that effectively address various brain cancers while minimizing impact on quality-of-life throughout his career. This new study will explore IsoRay’s signature Cesium-131 therapy seed placed at the time of a brain surgery, a technique known as “keyhole” surgery. The combination of this minimally invasive surgery with Isoray’s highly conformal radiation therapy is intended to provide definitive treatment of brain tumors with surgery and radiation with as little impact on a patient’s quality of life as possible.
Bill Cavanagh, Chief Scientific Officer of IsoRay commented, “We are pleased to work with Dr. Ware, an accomplished expert, and look forward to working with an organization with a reputation of the caliber of Ochsner. We believe that evidence is being compiled that could demonstrate the advantages of Isoray’s Cesium-131 brachytherapy at the time of brain tumor resection over other conventional approaches.”
“This new study by Dr. Ware adds to the growing list of distinguished physicians and institutions, including Weill Cornell and the Barrows Neurological Institute, who have recognized the positive results that can be achieved with Cesium-131 on brain cancer, a large unmet medical need,” added Tom LaVoy, CEO of IsoRay.
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