Latest Image-guided radiation therapy Stories
BUDAPEST, Hungary, April 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) is opening a local office in Hungary with the aim of helping the country's radiotherapy departments to offer advanced treatments for a growing cancer population. The headquarters, situated in Budapest and initially employing seven people, will serve Hungary's radiotherapy departments and act as a sales and support services support hub for customers across south-east Europe. The majority of...
SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY), the premier radiation oncology company, announced today the release of PlanTouch(TM), the first commercially available, fully integrated software application in radiation oncology that allows physicians to remotely review and approve patients' radiation treatment plans on the iPad. The PlanTouch software, developed in partnership with MIM Software Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, frees physicians using the...
CLEVELAND, March 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ViewRay(TM) Incorporated, a privately held medical device company, has closed the final tranche of a $45 million round of Series C venture capital financing. Institutional investors include Aisling Capital, Fidelity Biosciences, Kearny Venture Partners, OrbiMed Advisors and Siemens Venture Capital (SVC) GmbH. The ViewRay system is designed as the first comprehensive image-guided radiation therapy system, providing a patented combination of...
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY), the premier radiation oncology company, announced today that its president and chief executive officer, Euan S. Thomson, Ph.D., is scheduled to present at the Cowen and Company Healthcare Conference in Boston on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at 8:00 a.m. EST/5:00 a.m. PST. A live webcast of the presentations will be available online from the Investor Relations page of the Company's website at...
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY), the premier radiation oncology company, announced today that its management is scheduled to present at the Citi 2012 Global Health Care Conference in New York City on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. EST/8:00 a.m. PST. A live webcast of the presentations will be available online from the Investor Relations page of the Company's website at http://www.accuray.com. The webcast replay of...
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY), the premier radiation oncology company, announced today that CHRISTUS MUGUERZA Hospital Alta Especialidad in Monterrey, Mexico has starting treating patients with the CyberKnife® Robotic Radiosurgery System. CHRISTUS MUGUERZA is the first center in Mexico now offering patients the benefits of the CyberKnife System to treat tumors anywhere in the body. The CyberKnife System is a...
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY), the premier radiation oncology company, announced today significant momentum in global adoption of its CyberKnife® Robotic Radiosurgery System and TomoTherapy® System, solidifying the company's footprint in the large and growing radiation oncology market. This, along with the company's short- and long-term growth strategy, was presented yesterday by Accuray President and Chief Executive...
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY), the premier radiation oncology company, today announced publication of a study describing the clinical outcomes of prostate cancer patients treated with stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) using Accuray's CyberKnife® Robotic Radiosurgery System in a manner that uniquely mimics HDR (high dose rate) brachytherapy dosing within the prostate gland. The University of California--San Francisco (UCSF)...
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY), the premier radiation oncology company, announced today that its management is scheduled to present at the Needham Growth Conference in New York City on Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 8:40 a.m. EST/5:40 a.m. PST. A live webcast of the presentations will be available online from the Investor Relations page of the Company's website at http://www.accuray.com. The webcast replay of the presentation...
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY), the premier radiation oncology company, announced today that 23 leading medical centers globally have installed both a CyberKnife(®) Robotic Radiosurgery System and a TomoTherapy® System enabling the delivery of personalized treatment for the full spectrum of radiation oncology patients. These centers include smaller community sites in rural areas, mid-sized regional hospitals and large...
