RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Massey Comprehensive Center has debuted a new first-in-market brachytherapy brain tumor surgery to treat glioblastoma, according to officials.
In a press release shared on Monday, March 16, VCU officials said the neurosurgical oncology team introduced the new surgery to treat glioblastoma, completing their first surgery in December 2025. Other surgeries were conducted in January and February 2026.
Brachytherapy is a type of internal radiation therapy designed to immediately deliver radiation to brain tumor sites through an implantable device — with tile-based radiation representing the next generation of brachytherapy to treat cancer, potentially improving outcomes, per a release…