Quinn is one of the first woman to benefit from the procedure.
Customized doses work well for breast cancer sufferers.
Quinn was fortunate not to experience it, because of a new treatment developed by Dr. Frank Vicini, program director for radiation oncology, and John Wong, clinical physicist, both at Beaumont Hospital. Correcting this discomfort has not been a medical priority before now because many women didn't complain about it, Vicini said. When a person is diagnosed with breast cancer, she prepares for a grueling life battle and the suffering is mostly in silence. But in March, Vicini sat down with Wong to solve the problem with existing technology. And they have.