radiotherapy

French med-tech company TheraPanacea has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Oncology Systems Limited (OSL) for the UK and Ireland. TheraPanacea has developed AI-guided software ART-Plan for radiotherapy planning, which uses…
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Radiotherapy is a highly effective local anti-cancer treatment delivered to around 50-60 per cent of cancer patients.  Installation of the Bayer-Medrad contrast injector on The Christie's Unity MR linear accelerator (believed to be a world…
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Terumo UK will be presenting the Quirem Holmium Platform at the BNMS Spring Meeting. Terumo Europe acquired Netherlands-based healthcare start-up Quirem Medical BV in July 2020. It specialises in the development of next generation…
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Weston Park Cancer Centre, Sheffield, has added a new Varian TrueBeam radiotherapy system, taking the number of radiotherapy linacs at the centre to eight. Over the course of its lifetime, the machine is expected to provide 100,000 complex…
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Designed for the MIMI (multiple imaging modality isocentricity) phantom, HexaCheck allows secure integration with the phantom to make it simple to perform 6D couch commissioning and QA in image-guided radiotherapy. Treatment delivery…
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A Stockport woman is set to become the first patient in the world to be treated for cervical cancer entirely using state-of-the-art radiotherapy at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. Karen Hall, who lives in Offerton, will receive a full…
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Overview We are delighted to be bringing you a refreshed agenda which welcomes you to discover, discuss and debate recent advances in radiotherapy with leading practitioners. Whether you're looking at attending for the first time or…
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Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital has installed a Symphony Patient Transport System and reports that it has minimised the risk of manual handling injuries through a low friction air bearing to transition patients from one modality to…
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The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity is running a Dragon’s Den-style initiative to make staff ideas a reality in order to improve patient experiences. Loosely based on the BBC TV programme, the Innovation Den is a forum in which staff are…
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The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester is to install 11 surface-guided radiotherapy (SGRT) systems from Vision RT. The systems will be installed across all four Christie treatment centres and integrated into existing Varian and…
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