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MONTPELLIER, France, Dec. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A 19-year-old brain tumor patient has become the first person in France to be treated using the highly advanced TrueBeam(TM) radiotherapy treatment system from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE:VAR). The male patient's cerebral glioblastoma was treated quickly and efficiently at the Cancer Research Center of Languedoc-Roussillon at the Centre Val d'Aurelle, Montpellier. Following this initial treatment, dozens more...
PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Clinac® and Trilogy® medical linear accelerators from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR), machines that are used to treat cancer with targeted radiotherapy, have been updated to deliver higher doses up to two times faster than was previously possible. They can now also better facilitate treating breast cancer patients on their stomachs (in the prone position) rather than their backs--an approach that can reduce the...
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY), the premier radiation oncology company, announced today that its management is scheduled to present at the Oppenheimer Healthcare Conference in New York City on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. EST/10:00 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 the...
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY), the premier radiation oncology company, today announced that the company received the Outstanding Innovative Improvement Award for its CyberKnife® Robotic Radiosurgery System at the 3rd Annual Employer Healthcare Congress, which took place October 25 - 28, 2011 in Chicago. The award was presented to Accuray in recognition of the fact that patients treated with the CyberKnife System are able...
SYDNEY, Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- To successfully irradiate a moving lung tumor requires doctors to find a way either to stop the tumor from moving or a means to compensate for its motion. On September 8, clinicians at Prince of Wales Hospital Cancer Centre (Randwick, New South Wales) chose the second option, using Elekta's Symmetry(TM) respiratory motion management software for the first time to treat a 75-year-old male patient with a tumor that moved back and forth with...
MAASTRICHT, The Netherlands, Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- One of Europe's leading cancer centers will be offering radiotherapy and radiosurgery treatments using fast and precise TrueBeam systems from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR). The Maastro Clinic has acquired three TrueBeam systems for its main site in Maastricht and a satellite site in nearby Venlo as part of a project to replace all its equipment and software from an incumbent supplier. "This will make a big improvement to the...
SKANE, Sweden, Oct. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) has been awarded a contract to supply four TrueBeam(TM) treatment systems to Lund University Hospital in Sweden, one of the country's largest radiotherapy departments. The order, confirmed in September, is aimed at cutting treatment waiting lists in the Skane region of Sweden and includes an option to acquire two further TrueBeam systems in 2014. The TrueBeam devices will replace treatment machines from a rival...
BERLIN, Oct. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Cancer experts from around the world gathered in Berlin today to hear of advances in radiotherapy that are bringing additional treatment possibilities for cancer patients. More than 450 oncologists, physicists and radiotherapy practitioners are at the two-day Berlin Oncology Summit, organized by Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR), to share experiences and highlight the expanding use of radiotherapy and radiosurgery to treat an increasingly wide range of...
BEDFORD, Mass., Oct. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Hologic, Inc. (Hologic or the Company) (Nasdaq: HOLX), a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostics products, medical imaging systems and surgical products dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of women, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Company's Trident specimen radiography system. The system uses Hologic's proprietary direct digital detector technology to produce...
CAMPBELL, Calif., Oct. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Radiosurgery Society(TM) (RSS), a non-profit organization of medical professionals dedicated to advancing the science and clinical practice of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) and radiosurgery (SRS), will hold its Scientific Meeting on February 23-25 at the La Costa Resort in Carlsbad, Calif. Formerly The CyberKnife® Society(TM) (CKS), the newly-named Radiosurgery Society has been expanded to serve as a forum for discourse within...
