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ON THE COVER
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The radiopharmaceutical Pluvicto is
improving quality of life for patients with
some forms of metastatic prostate cancer.
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COVER FE ATURE
AT PENN STATE HEALTH, BREAKTHROUGH
NUCLEAR MEDICINE TREATMENT HELPS
PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED PROSTATE CANCER 05
A new radiopharmaceutica l is offering certain patients
with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer longer
surviva l and better qua lity of life.
FE ATURES
THE MAXFRAME AUTOSTRUT SYSTEM:
INCREASING ACCESSIBILITY, IMPROVING
PATIENT OUTCOMES FOR BONE FRACTURE
AND DEFORMITY 07
Penn State Hea lth orthopedists are testing an automated
hexapod externa l ring fixator system which promises to ma ke
treatment available to a wider range of patients.
MORE TALKING, LESS TYPING 08
At WellSpan Hea lth, voice-activated technolog y known
as DA X automatica lly transcribes patient visits, freeing
physicians to focus on their patients.
SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION: PEDIATRICS
A DEARTH OF DEVICES IN PEDIATRIC MEDICINE 12
In the past 10 years, pediatric medica l devices have made
up a fraction of a ll hea lthcare devices approved by the FDA .
However, private and public initiatives to accelerate their
development are underway.
CAN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PEDIATRIC ASTHMA
BE PREVENTED? 14
Researchers at Boston Children's Hospita l are studying
whether early medica l intervention for high-risk children can
prevent progression to asthma.
DEPARTMENTS
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