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Researchers use single kV imager for 'real-time' tracking of prostate motion

Researchers in the US and Denmark are claiming a breakthrough in image-guided targeting of prostate tumours during arc radiotherapy treatments.

08 March 2010: Varian

 

Barnes-Jewish Hospital to offer the benefits of Gamma Knife surgery

Just one year after it began clinical use of Elekta’s Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion radiosurgery system, Barnes-Jewish Hospital (St. Louis, Missouri., USA) is poised to offer the benefits of Gamma Knife surgery to several new patient groups. With Elekta’s Extend programme for Gamma Knife Perfexion,

26 February 2010: Elekta

 

ROC reduces cancer treatment times with Elekta’s VMAT system

Roseville Radiation Oncology Center (ROC) at Radiological Associates of Sacramento (RAS). RAS, a large private medical group, includes diagnostics as well as therapy in its centres is treating 30-35 patients per day, mainly with prostate and breast lesions.

23 February 2010: Elekta

 

Elekta expands its STRATEGIQ Services cancer care programme

Given the intricacies surrounding the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, Elekta expands its STRATEGIQ Services programme to help cancer care centres take advantage of the financial incentives available from the federal government.

08 February 2010: Elekta

 

Royal North Shore Hospital becomes Australia’s first IGRT teaching facility

The Radiation Oncology Department at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney becomes the first in Australia to be formally accredited by Varian Medical Systems, the world leader in radiotherapy, as a teaching facility for image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT). The hospital will hold four IGRT courses in 2010 and there are plans to extend this accreditation to other advanced techniques such as intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and RapidArc in the future.

25 January 2010: Varian

 

PUMCH selects intraoperative electron-beam radiation therapy solution

The Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH) in Beijing, China has ordered a Mobetron intraoperative electron-beam radiation therapy (IOERT) system from IntraOp Medical for its cancer care facility.

21 January 2010: IntraOp Medical Corporation

 

Slovenia unveils first Novalis Tx radiosurgery unit at Oncology Institute of Ljubljana

Slovenian Minister of Health Borut Miklavcic officially unveils the Slovenia's first Novalis Tx radiosurgery platform for modern radiotherapy and radiosurgery at the Oncology Institute of Ljubljana.

22 December 2009: Varian

 

Ghent University Hospital begins treating cancers with RapidArc radiotherapy

Ghent University Hospital in Belgium, among the first hospitals in the world to pioneer radiotherapy treatments using arc therapy, carries out its first treatment using fast and efficient RapidArc radiotherapy technology from Varian Medical Systems.

16 December 2009: Varian

 

Docrates Clinic in Helsinki treats Finnish patients with RapidArc radiotherapy solution

Cancer patients in Finland are gaining access to more advanced treatments with the introduction of RapidArc radiotherapy technology from Varian Medical Systems at the only private radiotherapy clinic in the Nordic region.

15 December 2009: Varian

 

Delaware Valley Urology Cancer Center speeds prostrate cancer treatment times

Midway through a patient’s course of treatment, doctors at the Delaware Valley Urology Cancer Center acquires the region's first RapidArc radiotherapy technology from Varian Medical Systems, making it possible for them to deliver advanced intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) treatments two to eight times faster than was previously possible

04 December 2009: Varian

 

VU University Medical Center research pinpoints radiotherapy benefits

Researchers from VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam, the Netherland reports that RapidArc radiotherapy technology from Varian Medical Systems shows clinical advantages compared with earlier fixed-beam approaches to stereotactic treatments of lung tumours.

01 December 2009: Varian

 

UCH introduces image-guided IMRT technique to treat brain tumours

Two female brain tumour patients have become the first people in the south of England to be treated by clinicians at University College Hospital (UCH) using a faster form of radiotherapy that extends more advanced care to more patients.

20 November 2009: Varian

 

Caesium-131 seed successfully implanted for cancer treatment

A patient with head and neck cancer has become the first person to receive an implant of the Caesium-131 isotope for continued treatment

30 September 2009: IsoRay Medical

 

Artiste Radiation Therapy system gets first use at Royal Derby Hospital

The image guided radiation therapy unit from Siemens Healthcare is being used by Derby Hospitals for improved patient comfort and safety with precise targeting

29 September 2009: Siemens Healthcare UK

 

Phase III clinical trial application for breast cancer treatment

Medifocus has applied to the FDA to take its Microfocus APA 1000 microwave heat energy treatment system for tumour shrinkage into Phase III clinical trials

21 September 2009: Medifocus

 

Precise delivery of radiation treatment to tumour site in standard OR facilities

The Mobetron from IntraOp is providing enhanced treatment to breast cancer patients with the precise delivery of radiation to the tumour site at the time of operation in a standard operating theatre

17 September 2009: IntraOp Medical Corporation

 

Skandionkliniken selects Varian to equip new Swedish proton therapy centre

Varian Medical Systems is selected to equip a new proton therapy centre in Sweden.

21 August 2009: Varian

 

Turkish hospital group purchases four radiotherapy treatment units from Varian

The first hospital group in Turkey to offer cancer patients advanced RapidArc radiotherapy treatments has acquired four additional treatment machines from Varian Medical Systems.

12 August 2009: Varian

 

University Hospital Munich deploys advanced IMRT planning tool for cancer treatment

The University Hospital Munich, Ludwig Maximilians-University (LMU) has delivered clinical treatments to cancer patients utilising Monaco, an advanced Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) planning solution from Elekta CMS Software.

12 August 2009: Elekta

 

Barts and The London NHS Trust installs quartet of radiotherapy treatment units

Developers behind a project to redevelop one of London's leading cancer centres order four new radiotherapy treatment machines from Varian Medical Systems.

06 August 2009: Varian

 

Accuray launches real-time customer service for CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System

Accuray launches the CyberKnife Access Remote Service product, a real-time customer service and support offering for the CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System.

27 July 2009: Accuray

 

Elekta’s VMAT Monaco treatment planning solution receives 510(k) clearance

Elekta receives FDA 510(k) clearance for the VMAT (Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy) enhancement to Monaco, treatment planning solution.

27 July 2009: Elekta

 

Radiosurgery Center of Rhode Island installs robotic radiosurgery system

Radiosurgery Center of Rhode Island, installs a CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System from Accuray within Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, which marks the first CyberKnife System in Rhode Island.

24 July 2009: Accuray

 

Elekta selects C-RAD laser scanner system for patient positioning demands

Elekta and C-RAD reach an agreement where the Sentinel laser scanner system has been selected as the Elekta preferred solution for optical surface tracking.

23 July 2009: Elekta

 

Space Coast Cancer Center delivers image-guided radiotherapy to speed treatment

Doctors at the Space Coast Cancer Center in Titusville, Florida are using RapidArc radiotherapy technology from Varian Medical System to deliver image-guided radiotherapy that precisely conforms to a targeted area two to eight times faster than was previously possible.

21 July 2009: Varian

 
 
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