The Medical Center in Bowling Green is making waves when it comes to treating brain and spine tumors.

Doctors are using a new radiosurgical technique that they say is noninvasive and more effective than other kinds of surgery.

Neurosurgeon Narendra Nathoo, who specializes in brain and spine tumor surgery, says this new form of radiation treatment targets and destroys cancerous and noncancerous tumors with pinpoint accuracy.

"We can target it to under a millimeter of accuracy, submillimeter accuracy, that's like the width, like the strand of my hair," says Dr. Nathoo.

After MRI scans are examined, a crown goes around a patient's head, guiding the radiation so precisely, it doesn't even effect surrounding tissues.

"The normal brain is spared, and it's only going to kill the target," says Dr. Nathoo.

Dr. Nathoo says the bloodless and painless treatment is ideal for those who are medically unfit to have a major surgery and says the side effects are less severe than going under the knife.

"A patient comes in and has the procedure, and the next day, I've had patients come into work," says Dr. Nathoo.

The treatment can stand alone or be supplementary to other surgeries, and targets tumors in hard to reach places.

"Sometimes there are multiple little tumors, they are small, they are very deep, or found near very eloquent areas," says Dr. Nathoo.

The procedure, which can be used repeatedly on a patient, is relatively new to the Medical Center, making it easier for local patients.

"Prior to this, patients had to go to Louisville or Nashville to get this type of procedure. Now we can do it locally, keep patients at home, keep them comfortable," added Dr. Peter Hardin, a Radiation Oncologist.

Doctors say this precise form of radiation treatment does not require shaving nor does it result in hair loss.