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Clinical Trial Investigates Microsphere Treatment.(for uterine fibroids)
2001 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com) -- BioSphere Medical, Inc., a medical device company pursuing the use of bioengineered microspheres to treat hypervascularized tumors and vascular malformations by occluding their blood supply, announced December 14, 2000, the first patient treatment in the Phase II pivotal trial of the company's leading product, Embosphere[R] Microspheres, to treat uterine fibroids.
The treatment was performed by Robert Worthington-Kirsch, at Roxborough Memorial Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Worthington-Kirsch has performed over 850 uterine artery embolization (UAE) procedures, more than any other physician in the world.
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