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Cancer Therapy
New high dose rate brachytherapy technology shows promise in U.K.
January 13th, 2005
Varian Medical Systems' GammaMed afterloader eases brachytherapy treatments and provides for effective treatment note oncologists at Bristol Oncology Centre in the United Kingdom. Bristol Oncology Centre is introducing a high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy program using technology from Varian Medical Systems to accelerate treatments and potentially improve outcomes in gynecological cancers. Bristol Oncology Centre, which serves 2.4 million people in the Avon, Somerset and Wiltshire region, is going clinical with a newly-installed Varian GammaMed afterloader following a 3-month commissioning period. It is hoped that the new brachytherapy system will...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-01-13)
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