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Accuray reports CyberKnife radiosurgery system enables initiation of chemotherapy sooner

Published in Managed Care Business Week, July 11th, 2006

Accuray, Inc., announced that the CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System enables physicians to achieve local control of tumors while avoiding delays in initiating aggressive systemic chemotherapy.

The results of two studies were presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's (ASCO) 2006 Gastrointestinal Cancer Symposium and highlighted the effectiveness of the CyberKnife System in the treatment of tumors in the pancreas and liver.

According to the American Cancer Society, in 2006 it is estimated that there will be more than 33,000 new pancreatic cancer cases and more than 18,000 new liver cancer cases in the Unites States. Both diseases...

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