PALO ALTO, Calif., June 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Varian Medical
Systems (NYSE: VAR) announced it has successfully installed a
Varian ProBeam cyclotron at the National Centre for Particle
Therapy in Aarhus, Denmark. The
installation of the cyclotron is a key milestone for every new
proton therapy center.
The cyclotron is a particle accelerator which accelerates
protons to two thirds of the speed of light for clinical use. It is
a core piece of equipment of Varian's ProBeam® system, which is
equipping the four-room National Centre for Particle Therapy that
will be situated alongside Aarhus University Hospital in
Denmark's second largest city.
Patient treatments are expected to start at the new facility in the
second half of next year.
"The installation of the cyclotron is a major milestone in this
project and gets us closer to making this advanced cancer fighting
technology available to patients in Denmark," said Ole Nørrevang, chief physicist,
Danish Centre for Particle Therapy. "This new center will be big
step forward in cancer care in Denmark."
"We are very proud to be partnering with the National Centre for
Particle Therapy on the development of this new facility," said Dr.
Moataz Karmalawy, general manager of
Varian's Particle Therapy division. "This cyclotron installation is
another exciting step forward for proton therapy and the growing
accessibility of this cancer fighting technology."
Varian's ProBeam system is the first to offer fully-integrated
intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) to enable more efficient
adaptive proton therapy. The Varian's pencil beam scanning
technology gives clinicians the ability to deliver the dose
precisely in the tumor to minimize dose to healthy tissue. When
combined with cone beam computed tomography (CBCT), the ProBeam
system enables advanced adaptive therapy during the course of
treatment helping to make it a more precise form of proton
therapy.
About Varian Medical Systems
Varian Medical Systems
focuses energy on saving lives and is the world's leading
manufacturer of medical devices and software for treating and
managing cancer. Headquartered in Palo
Alto, California, Varian employs approximately 6,400 people
around the world. For more information, visit
http://www.varian.com and follow @VarianMedSys on Twitter.
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