Imagine battling lung cancer for four years and then finding out you have a brain tumor. In August's Health Check report, an Omaha woman shares why she is turning to a unique radiation treatment.

Deb Cammarata knows about facing tough challenges in life. Last summer, she noticed she kept getting dizzy when she tried to stand up, so she had an MRI.

Deb says, "Within two days he called me and said, 'gee I'm sorry. I'm glad we did this. You have a tumor on your brain.'"

Deb turned to Dr. Joan Keit. She suggested that Deb try a new, unique form of radiation, called stereotactic radiosurgery. Despite the name, there is no actual surgery involved.

Dr. Keit says, "It's radiation. Just like having an X-Ray taken the patient doesn't see anything, feel anything. It doesn't hurt. There's no bleeding and it's a same-day procedure."

It works by sending a focused beam of radiation to the tumor. Instead of treating the whole brain, like past procedures, it pinpoints a small area of the brain and the success rate is high. Dr. Keit says that after treatment there is a 90 percent chance that the cancer will never come back.

The doctor says, "There are still treatment options so people can go on with their lives. She's still got a pretty good quality of life even though she's been battling this incurable cancer for almost five years."

Deb says the radiation did leave her sore for a while but it was all done in a day.

She says, "Just this last month, my mind's clearer than it's ever been since the surgery."

As for her treatment now, Deb returns every three months for another MRI to make sure the tumor has not come back.