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Varian Image-Guided Treatment Machines Selected for Major New Hospital on South Coast of England
Date:11/29/2007

ed about the proposition of a new center with advanced technology for offering the best possible cancer treatments. This will enable us to precisely align the treatment beam with the tumor, using advanced imaging at the point of treatment with the ability to account for respiratory motion."

Clinicians at St Mary's Hospital are about to introduce highly-conformal intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) treatments and this program will be expanded once the new machines are installed. An Acuity(TM) simulator at the current facility will be transferred to the new site next year and will have Varian's 4D respiratory compensation functionality added.

David Scott, Varian's UK sales manager, adds, "The team at Portsmouth undertook a very comprehensive evaluation of all aspects of the package including the ability to meet clinical and technical requirements as well as service provision and support. As the UK's leading supplier of radiotherapy equipment and software we were extremely pleased to have been selected on this basis over the incumbent supplier and are looking forward to working in partnership with Portsmouth to bring the world's most advanced radiotherapy treatments to patients on the south coast of England."

Prior to the advent of IGRT devices such as the On-Board Imager, radiation oncologists had to contend with variations in patient positioning and with respiratory motion by treating a larger margin of healthy tissue around the tumor. IGRT enables doctors to further minimize the volume of healthy tissue exposed to the treatment beam. Potentially, image data from IGRT tools like the On-Board Imager device will be used to note changes in tumor size and shape over a course of treatment, and make real-time adaptations to the treatment plan.

Editorial contact: Neil Madle, Varian Medical Systems, +44 7786 526068

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