Mechanical Accelerators

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Varian Medical Systems Partners with the Algerian Ministry of Health to Equip Cancer Centers with Advanced Technology for Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery

Varian to provision six cancer treatment centers and establish a local office to support the Algerian government's efforts to expand cancer treatment services ALGIERS, Algeria - Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with the Algerian Ministry of Health (MOH) that will include the provisioning of six cancer treatment centers with $51 million of...

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Northern Centre for Cancer Care Acquires Two TrueBeam(TM) Devices from Varian Medical Systems to Deliver Advanced Radiosurgery Treatments

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, UK - Cancer patients in the north-east of England will be able to receive modern radiosurgery treatments without having to travel for up to two hours for treatments. The Northern Centre for Cancer Care (NCCC) at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle-upon-Tyne is acquiring two TrueBeam™ STx medical linear accelerators from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) to begin offering...

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Varian Receives Regulatory Clearance in India for Use of High Intensity Mode on TrueBeam Medical Linear Accelerators

Advanced Capabilities of Varian's Market-Leading Cancer Treatment Systems on Display at AROICON 2012 in Kolkata, November 30th-December 2nd KOLKATA, India - Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) has received regulatory clearance from the Indian Atomic Energy Regulatory Board for the use of its unique TrueBeam™ High Intensity Mode for advanced radiosurgical treatments.Â-  The company's...

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Siemens Healthcare Announces Exclusive Partnership with Prowess Inc.

Plans to Integrate Treatment Planning System with Oncology Solutions Technology CONCORD, Calif., Feb. 20 - Siemens Healthcare (www.usa.siemens.com/healthcare) announces an exclusive partnership with Prowess Inc. to develop advanced radiation oncology treatment planning software for integration into Siemens' linear accelerators. The combination of Prowess' unique treatment planning system with...

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Elekta Announces Clinical Start-up of Elekta Synergy-® S at UPMC

PITTSBURGH and ATLANTA, Jan. 10 - Treatments have commenced on the new Elekta SynergyÂ-® S at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). UPMC is a world-leading provider of intra- and extracranial stereotactic radiosurgery. The clinical start of treatments began October 30, 2007 with a colon cancer treatment followed by a lung patient. Since then, the vast majority of patients treated...

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Sri Lanka to Enter Modern Radiotherapy Age with Country's First Medical Linear Accelerator

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Dec. 11 // -- Cancer patients in Sri Lanka will benefit from modern radiotherapy treatments with the installation of the country's first medical linear accelerator at the National Cancer Centre. The high energy Clinac(R) accelerator from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE:VAR) will enable highly conformal radiotherapy treatments to be offered to patients when it is installed late...

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Pioneering Image-Guided Radiotherapy Takes Place Using Varian Equipment at Top Cancer Hospital in Belgium

LEUVEN, Belgium, Sept. 21 /-- Cancer patients in Belgium have begun receiving a new more precise form of radiotherapy using X-ray imaging during treatments to locate and focus beams more closely on tumors. The new cancer treatment called image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) is being offered at the university hospital of Leuven using equipment from Varian Medical Systems. Clinicians at UZ Gasthuisberg...

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Leading Russian Cancer Center to Initiate Advanced Treatments with New Equipment from Varian Medical Systems

Varian opening new office in Russia SAMARA, Russia, Dec. 13 / -- Samara Oncology Center in Russia is moving to initiate advanced cancer treatment programs, including image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT), using new equipment ordered from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE:VAR). The cancer center has ordered Russia's first Varian On-Board Imager(TM) for treating its patients with IGRT, which improves...

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