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St Vincent’s installs RapidArc radiotherapy system to speed treatment times

St Vincent’s Comprehensive Cancer Center Manhattan has installed Varian’s RapidArc radiotherapy system, a radiotherapy technology that provides patients with a faster, more precise form of radiation.

14 November 2008: Varian

 

RapidArc radiotherapy technology offers less invasive cancer treatment

During his annual physical check-up in March 2008, David Kelver's doctor noticed he'd never had his tonsils out, and remarked that the right one looked a bit swollen but concluded, however, that the problem was minor and would clear up on its own, and sent him home.

07 November 2008: Varian

 

Cancer Care Associates begin treating patients with RapidArc IMRT systems

Doctors at Cancer Care Associates in Fresno, California have commenced treating cancer patients using Varian Medical Systems' RapidArc technology.

06 November 2008: Varian

 

RapidArc radiotherapy begins treatment of patients in Southeastern Florida

Sabin Robbins, a 75-year old prostate cancer patient is among the first people in Southeastern Florida to benefit from treatment with new RapidArc radiotherapy technology now in use at Bethesda Memorial Hospital's Comprehensive Cancer Center of Boynton Beach, Florida, USA.

04 November 2008: Varian

 

Tata Memorial Hospital selects Varian/BrainLAB Novalis Tx radiosurgery platform

One of India's leading cancer hospitals is to expand its programme of advanced whole-body radiosurgery following the acquisition of a Varian/BrainLAB Novalis Tx radiosurgery platform.

29 October 2008: Varian

 

Varian Medical Systems installs landmark image-guidance system for targeted radiotherapy

The Kantonsspital in Lucerne, Switzerland has installed an On- Board Imager image-guidance system for targeted radiotherapy from Varian Medical Systems which marks the one thousandth installation of the system since its launch.

27 October 2008: Varian

 

Accuray sells first CyberKnife robotic radiosurgery system in Latin America

Domingo Luciani Hospital has purchased a CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System from Accuray for installation at their new oncology centre in Caracas, Venezuela.

22 October 2008: Accuray

 

Haukeland University Hospital installs Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion system

Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen, Norway has installed a Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion solution for non-invasive treatment of brain disorders.

20 October 2008: Elekta

 

Dutch clinicians decide to adopt Varian's RapidArc radiotherapy treatment

Doctors in the Netherlands have used Varian Medical Systems’ RapidArc technology to treat four early stage lung cancer patients in what is believed to be among the world's first treatments of their kind.

15 October 2008: Varian

 

North Shore Radiation Therapy begins treating cancers with Rapid Arc radiotherapy

North Shore Radiation Therapy in Huntington, New York, USA, has started treating cancer patients with Rapid Arc radiotherapy technology, a fast, precise form of treatment using advanced technology from Varian Medical Systems.

09 October 2008: Varian

 

Syracuse Radiation Oncology deploys RapidArc radiotherapy on first patients

RapidArc radiotherapy technology from Varian Medical Systems has been deployed by doctors Syracuse Radiation Oncology in Syracuse, New York, USA for the first time.

03 October 2008: Varian

 

WFUBMC adds Elekta radiosurgery systems to enhance treatment solutions

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (WFUBMC) has reinforced its ability to perform state-of-the-art stereotactic radiation medicine by adding Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion and Elekta Axesse to its range of treatment solutions.

01 October 2008: Elekta

 

OHSU to offer SBRT and radiosurgery using new Novalis Tx technology

Doctors at the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) have become the first clinicians in the Pacific Northwest to offer patients an advanced form of image-guided stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) and radiosurgery using new Novalis Tx technology from Varian Medical Systems and BrainLAB.

24 September 2008: Varian

 

Oklahoma CyberKnife reports 50 percent decrease in treatment times

Oklahoma CyberKnife, which is operated in partnership with US Radiosurgery, has reduced treatment planning and delivery times during the last two months with installation of the next generation CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System from Accuray.

23 September 2008: Accuray

 

Accuray unveils new adaptive imaging system for prostrate treatment

Accuray has introduced the InTempo Adaptive Imaging System, which enhances the CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System's ability to continually track and correct for motion of the prostate during treatment.

22 September 2008: Accuray

 

Odense University Hospital selects Elekta VMAT for oncology treatments

Odense University Hospital in Denmark is the first Scandinavian cancer centre to select Elekta VMAT (Volumetric intensity Modulated Arc Therapy) to expand the capabilities of the hospital’s radiation oncology department.

22 September 2008: Elekta

 

Elekta creates a stereotactic treatment system designed to treat a broader class of targets

Elekta has introduced a new stereotactic treatment programme, called Extend, that lets neurosurgeons and radiation oncologists apply the power and precision of Gamma Knife surgery to an even broader class of targets in the head and neck.

19 September 2008: Elekta

 

Accuray offers new layout for CyberKnife radiosurgery treatment vault

Accuray is offering a new layout for the CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System treatment vault which will enable installation of the system into most existing conventional gantry LINAC vaults.

18 September 2008: Accuray

 

IOSI in Switzerland begin clinical treatments using Varian's RapidArc technology

Doctors at IOSI in Switzerland have carried out the country's first clinical treatments using RapidArc technology from Varian Medical Systems.

17 September 2008: Varian

 

European clinicians outline patient treatments using Varian's RapidArc IMRT system

Clinicians from the first three European hospitals to start clinical treatments using RapidArc - VU University medical centre in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, Denmark and the Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland in Bellinzona, Switzerland - addressed a packed Emerging Technologies Symposium at the annual ESTRO conference to give detailed accounts of early patient treatments.

17 September 2008: Varian

 

Presbyterian Cancer Center begins treating oncology patients with VMAT system

Presbyterian Cancer Center - Dallas, a joint venture between Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas and Texas Oncology, PA, has installed an Elekta Infinity system to enable the facility to begin treating patients with Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT).

16 September 2008: Elekta

 

CMS unveils 4D treatment planning solution

CMS, an Elekta company, has launched its new 4D treatment planning solution, Focal4D.

16 September 2008: Elekta

 

Ghent University Hospital purchases RapidArc technology to speed cancer treatments

Ghent University Hospital in Belgium is acquiring RapidArc technology from Varian Medical Systems for fast and efficient modulated arc therapy treatments for an increasing number of cancer patients.

15 September 2008: Varian

 

Indonesian private cancer hospital to collaborate with Varian Medical Systems

Cancer patients in Indonesia will gain access to advanced radiotherapy treatments following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Varian Medical Systems and Indonesia's first private cancer hospital.

15 September 2008: Varian

 

Royal Marsden Hospital oncologist receives 2008 CARO-Elekta Research Fellowship

The Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology (CARO), together with international medical-technology group Elekta, has awarded the 2008 CARO-Elekta Research Fellowship to Radiation Oncologist, Dr Scott Carlyle Morgan.

10 September 2008: Elekta

 
 
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