TrueBeam

Cancer patients undergoing treatment at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) and Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NNUH) are benefiting from a type of  radiotherapy that reduces treatment time while increasing accuracy and patient comfort. Surface-guided radiotherapy (SGRT) is being offered to patients receiving radiotherapy treatment, and uses cameras to create […]

Spain’s Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología (IVO) has conducted its first simulated therapy for brain metastases using RTsafe’s PseudoPatient. This patient-specific quality assurance process comprises an anatomically faithful model of each patient’s head aligned to dosimetric evaluation services. The technology enables medical physicists and clinicians to verify the entire treatment process before the patient is […]

Linnaeus-owned Southfields Veterinary Services in Laindon is planning to offer the most advanced cancer care for pets in Europe through a sizeable investment in facilities and technology and through a new team approach. The veterinary referral centre will open a £16 million purpose-built hospital next year. The 40,000 sq ft hospital in Basildon will feature […]

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 treatments to around 6,500 patients undergoing cancer treatment. Clinical director Dr Jackie Martin said: “As a leading […]

Officially opening the latest TrueBeam is trust medical director Dr Nigel Sturrock (fourth from left), with Althea implementation programme manager George Iliopoulos (second from left) and trust department staff, consultants, and the first patient treated on the first TrueBeam to be installed. Installation of three linear accelerators in the radiotherapy department at Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS […]

Varian Medical Systems UK and Ireland sales director Adele Lyons, head of medical physics Professor Andrew Nisbet, chair Sue Sjuve and head of radiotherapy Marianne Dabbs. Royal Surrey Hospital in Guilford has received Varian Medical Systems’ 100th TrueBeam linear accelerator to be installed in the UK seven years after the company’s flagship product was launched. […]

Varian’s Andrew Grocott (left) and David Scott (right) with head of radiotherapy physics at the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre Garry Currie and Varian oncology systems business unit president Kolleen Kennedy. A new radiotherapy centre is to open near Glasgow next year and Varian Medical Systems has been selected to equip the department, with […]

Pictured trying out the TrueBeam couch are Tottenham Hotspurs’ Ledley King and Mousa Dembélé. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, NHS England and North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust have teamed up to launch a TrueBeam linear accelerator from Varian Medical Systems. Spurs’ Belgian international midfielder Mousa Dembélé and club ambassador Ledley King helped NMUH chair John […]