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SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY), announced today that its management is scheduled to present at the 2013 Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference in New York on Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. EDT/10:30 a.m. PDT. A live webcast of the presentation will be available online from the Investor Relations page of the Company's website at http://www.accuray.com/investors. The webcast replay of the presentation will begin approximately...
SALT LAKE CITY, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Varian Medical Systems (NYSE:VAR) today announced it received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Varian's diagnostic X-ray image processing workstation that combines radio frequency (RF) and digital radiography (DR) capabilities on one platform. Varian's Nexus DRF Digital X-Ray Imaging System(TM) has the ability to interface with a variety of image receptors, including CCD cameras and commercially...
Updated ASTRO Model Policy Endorses Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) for Prostate Cancer SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY), announced today the publication of study results involving hundreds of prostate cancer patients treated with the CyberKnife® Robotic Radiosurgery System, the most widely used form of prostate stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT). The study followed 304 patients for a median of 5 years, and many...
Linear accelerator is island's first Versa HD PONCE, Puerto Rico, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Serving a region of 650,000 inhabitants in southern, central and western Puerto Rico, Caribbean Imaging and Radiation Therapy (CIRT, Ponce, PR) Center has improved its radiation therapy capabilities with the acquisition of an Elekta Versa HD(TM) system, the first in Puerto Rico. Versa HD offers clinicians the versatility to deliver conventional therapies to treat a wide range of tumors...
[311 Pages Report] The Radiotherapy Devices Market Report segments global market of Monitoring Devices by various technologies Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT), Cyber knife, Gamma knife, Proton / Neutron Therapy, Dynamic Multi-Leaf Collimator (DMLC) and by Geography (PRWEB) May 10, 2013 The “Radiotherapy Market By Technology, Applications & Products (2011 – 2016)”, published by MarketsandMarkets analyzes and studies the major...
Research projects to have implications for cancer treatment worldwide TORONTO, May 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Elekta (NSE: EKTAb) and Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) announced today that Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Toronto, Canada) will join their growing consortium to validate the clinical potential of MRI-guided radiation therapy. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, the sixth largest cancer center in North America, is the fourth member to sign the research...
Oncology Departments in North Middlesex and Poole Acquire Final Two TrueBeam Systems Made Available Under NHS Supply Chain Initiative CRAWLEY, U.K., April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hospitals in London and Dorset have acquired the final two of ten advanced Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) radiotherapy treatment machines offered as part of an innovative government program to roll out the most modern cancer treatments for patients in the UK's public hospitals. North Middlesex...
NEW ORLEANS, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- At the 81st American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Annual Scientific Meeting April 27-May 1 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Elekta (booth #2239) will spotlight the continuing preeminence of Gamma Knife® stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) as the gold standard for treating benign and malignant brain tumors, plus other functional and vascular brain disorders. "As the only radiosurgery device designed and dedicated to...
More than 800 oncology professionals at European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology forum hear of pioneering treatment delivery, motion management and tumor-tracking technologies for tackling the growing lung cancer burden GENEVA, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cancer experts have reported future trends and progress in radiotherapy treatments for lung cancer using motion management and tumor-tracking technologies from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR). Speakers at Varian's...
GENEVA, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Better outcomes can be achieved for prostate cancer patients using brachytherapy, a highly targeted form of radiotherapy, compared to surgery - this is the finding of a new study conducted by PANAXEA, The University of Twente, Netherlands.(1) The study, which will be presented at the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) 19-23 April 2013, Geneva, Switzerland used the latest cost effectiveness model to look at relevant recent...
