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Professor of Radiation Oncology
Expertise: Radiation oncology, gynecologic oncology, cervical cancer, thyroid cancer, gynecologic brachytherapy
Bio: Grigsby is an expert in the detection, diagnosis and treatment of gynecological and thyroid cancers.
Education:
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M.D. in Medicine at University of Kentucky
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'A reliable test'
Post-treatment PET scans can reassure cervical cancer patients
Nov. 20,
2007 --
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| In these PET images, a cervical tumor glows brightly before therapy (left), but is no longer visible after therapy. |
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Whole-body PET (positron emission tomography) scans done three months after completion of cervical cancer therapy can ensure that patients are disease-free or warn that further interventions are needed, according to a study at the School of Medicine. "This is the first time we can say that we have a reliable test to follow cervical cancer patients after therapy," says Julie Schwarz, a Barnes-Jewish Hospital resident in the Department of Radiation Oncology.
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Detecting cancer
Dangerous glucose-hungry cervical tumors can be detected using PET scans
March 30,
2006 -- Cervical cancers that take up a lot of blood sugar, or glucose, are more resistant to treatment than those that are less glucose-hungry, according to research at the School of Medicine. The researchers also found that the high glucose-uptake tumors can be identified with PET scans, which are already routinely used to determine tumor size and lymph node involvement in cervical cancer patients.
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Destroying cancerous tumors
New center arises from success of radioactive-implant therapy
Jan. 11,
2006 -- In 2005, physicians in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the School of Medicine saw more than 1,500 cancer patients in their brachytherapy treatment rooms where implanted or injected radiation sources are used to treat cancer. That number was up five-fold from the fairly steady numbers of the late 1970s to the mid 1990s.
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Test points to aggressive cervical cancer
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April 14,
2006 -- WUSTL researchers have found a new means of spotting tough-to-treat cervical cancers. Cervical malignancies that take up a lot of blood sugar (glucose) are more resistant to treatment than cervical cancers with a lower glucose uptake. WUSTL radtiation oncologist Perry Grigsby comments.
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