Radiotherapy

Companies collaborate to create unique radiotherapy treatment

Published in Cancer Weekly, November 16th, 2004

A team of radiation oncologists at a New Jersey hospital have become the first to treat cancer patients using a unique combination of imaging and radiotherapy delivery techniques to track the motion of tumors within the body and deliver image-guided radiation therapy with pinpoint accuracy.

Clinicians at the Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck are combining 4D imaging using PET/CT scanners, respiratory gating and IMRT (Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy) to offer extremely precise treatments for patients who experience a high level of tumor motion.

Using imaging and treatment systems from GE Healthcare and Varian Medical Systems (VAR), providers of CT...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2004-11-16)

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