RAYSTATION SUPPORT FOR BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY NOW IN CLINICAL USE IN JAPAN
RaySearch Laboratories AB (publ) has announced that treatment planning system RayStation®* is now in clinical use with boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) – along with treatment machine from Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. (SHI) – at two leading cancer clinics in Japan.
RaySearch announced in 2017 that it had entered into an agreement with Japanese manufacturer SHI regarding treatment planning for BNCT. The accelerator-based BNCT system and dose-calculation program from SHI obtained market clearance in spring 2020.
The advancement of BNCT as a form of radiation therapy is taking