Medical center spearheads world-class patient care The city of Hue (pop. 345,000) in central Vietnam barely makes the list of the 10 most populous cities in Vietnam – tiny in comparison to Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and Haiphong –...
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Three New South Wales centers upgrade linear accelerators with Elekta’s Agility MLC and advanced imaging software Along a 500 km coastal stretch of Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), are three radiation oncology centers that are leading the...
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New Zealand’s Christchurch Hospital evaluates efficacy of Active Breathing Coordinator-assisted DIBH radiotherapy of left-sided breast cancer Concerned about the long-term implications to heart health during breast cancer radiotherapy, Christchurch Hospital (Christchurch, New Zealand) acquired Elekta’s Active Breathing Coordinator™ (ABC) to...
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In preparation for departmental upgrades, Willis-Knighton faced a choice of vendors to enhance radiation oncology operations. Officials at the cancer center decided to acquire a pair of advanced Elekta Versa HD™ systems and decommission their two Varian 21EX systems, each...
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Ireland’s University Hospital Galway marks 2,000th patient to receive Clarity soft tissue visualization scans for prostate radiotherapy – first of two articles on UHG’s advanced treatment solutions While many centers rely on the cone-beam CT technology on their linacs for...
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India’s Geetanjali Cancer Center a mecca for Versa HD treatment of spinal metastases Radiotherapy of spinal metastases to help patients suffering from debilitating pain is among the most technically challenging treatments to execute. To avoid dosing the spinal cord, clinicians...
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Elekta boosts radiotherapy capacity in sub-Saharan countries Determined to change the outlook for millions of cancer patients in Sub-Saharan Africa, Elekta is focusing intensely on building up the radiation therapy infrastructure in several African countries – with 2015 shaping up...
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