MIDWEST CITY, Okla. -- Like lots of folks, Bob Rushing uses GPS to navigate his truck around town. And now Doctors are using similar technology to navigate the body. Dr. Christopher Bozarth at Optim Oncology in Midwest City is treating prostate cancer using the "Calypso System.”
Bozarth says it targets radiation more accurately than other therapies and reduces collateral damage.
"The difference with this therapy is the Calypso lets you localize on the gland and keep it in the center of the field. By using the Calypso System, we keep the radiation in and around the prostate," he said.
Beacons the size of a grain of rice are implanted in the prostate.
They emit radio waves, allowing clinicians to pinpoint the prostate.
This is critical because the gland tends to shift when a patient is coughing, sneezing, even breathing.
Patient Bob Rushing said, "It allows that stuff to go right where they want it to go."