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Community clinic in Lexington uses imaging-equipped Elekta treatment machine to target cancer

Published in Medical Imaging Law Weekly, October 31st, 2006

Radiation oncologists at United Radiation Oncology (URO, Lexington, Kentucky) are using an advanced image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) treatment system from Elekta that enables clinicians to focus radiation beams on tumor targets with more precision than ever before possible.

URO clinicians have been using Elekta Synergy - an IGRT system equipped with integrated imaging and treatment beam shaping technology in about 20 patient cases a day since November 2005.

"We use the Elekta Synergy system for patients in whom soft tissue localization is key," said Oscar Mendiondo, MD, radiation oncologist at URO, a division of Lexington-based specialty clinic,...

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