Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 122

Varian completes install of supercon cyclotron

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation therapy device developer Varian Medical Systems of Palo Alto, CA, has completed installation of its superconducting cyclotron at the Paul Scherrer Institut in Villigen, Switzerland.

March 21, 2007

Bavarian facility begins use of Varian technology

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

A private radiotherapy institute in Bavaria has commenced treating cancer patients with a linear accelerator and special On-Board Imager accessory from Palo Alto, CA-based Varian Medical Systems.

March 13, 2007

Elekta to deliver MEG device

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Biomagnetic Center at Friedrich-Schiller-University in Jena, Germany, has ordered a magnetoencephalography (MEG) device from radiation oncology firm Elekta of Stockholm.

February 25, 2007

Group workouts help women with breast cancer

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Feb 16 - Participating in regular group exercise classes can help women with early breast cancer feel better, both physically and mentally, while they're undergoing treatment, according to a study in the British Medical Journal.

February 15, 2007

Elekta to install Gamma Knife in London

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish radiation therapy firm Elekta of Stockholm will install its Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion at the London Gamma Knife Centre in the U.K.

February 8, 2007

Varian finishes Accel deal

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has finalized its acquisition of German scientific research instruments and proton therapy systems developer Accel Instruments.

January 29, 2007

Varian notches multilinac install in London

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has placed four of its Clinac iX linear accelerators at the new Queen's Hospital in London.

January 15, 2007

California hospital to install Gamma Knife

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish radiation therapy firm Elekta will deliver and install its Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion system at Washington Hospital in Fremont, CA.

January 15, 2007

UPMC to install Elekta's Gamma Knife

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish radiation therapy firm Elekta will deliver and install its Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-Presbyterian (UPMC) in the second quarter of this year.

January 4, 2007

Varian to acquire Accel Instruments

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has signed an agreement to acquire Accel Instruments, a Bergisch Gladbach, Germany-based supplier of proton therapy systems for cancer treatment and scientific research instruments.

January 3, 2007

Eckert & Ziegler notch Venezuelan order

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiotherapy and radiopharmaceutical developer Eckert & Ziegler Strahlen-und Medizintechnik said that the Venezuelan Health Ministry has ordered six of the firm's MultiSource tumor radiation systems.

January 3, 2007

Modified U.S. cancer risk model effective in Europe

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 25 - A variant of the well-established Gail model 2 (GM) for predicting the absolute risk of breast cancer, performs satisfactorily in an Italian population, researchers from that nation report in the December 6th issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

December 24, 2006

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