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Advanced Device for Cancer Therapy Available at Dana-Farber Institute

Published in Cancer Weekly, November 3rd, 1997

Siemens Oncology Care Systems, Concord, California, has received a contract to provide the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI), Boston, with a state-of-the-art medical linear accelerator, the new PRIMUS system, equipped with a Multi-Leaf Collimator (MLC).

The contract also includes SIMTEC, the innovative Siemens product that provides the only practical, verifiable means of delivering intensity modulated treatments.

The PRIMUS linear accelerator, developed by Siemens Oncology Care Systems, is the most compact system with the greatest patient clearance available on the market today, the company says. PRIMUS delivers a wide range of photon and electron...

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