Cancer

Leading China Cancer Center Offers Advanced Radiotherapy Treatments Using Varian's On-Board Imager

Published in Lab Law Weekly, April 27th, 2007

One of China's top public cancer centers has introduced image-guided radiotherapy treatments for cancer patients using a Clinac(R) linear accelerator and On-Board Imager(R) from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE:VAR). The new device enables clinicians at Shandong Cancer Hospital in East China to use advanced image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) techniques that improve precision and potentially increase cure rates.

"Precision and accuracy are vital whenever you treat a patient with radiotherapy," says Dr. Jin-Ming Yu, president and chief radiation oncologist at Shandong Cancer Hospital. "IGRT is ultimately all about increasing precision and we are delighted to be able to...

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Source: Lab Law Weekly (2007-04-27)

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