COMMUNITY CLINIC USES IMAGING-EQUIPPED ELEKTA TREATMENT SYSTEM TO ZERO IN ON CANCER
PRESS RELEASE Stockholm, Sweden, October 5, 2006 Radiation oncologists at United Radiation Oncology (URO, Lexington, Kentucky, USA) are using an advanced image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) treatment system from Elekta that enables clinicians to focus radiation beams on tumor targets with more precision than ever before possible. Implications of IGRT technology for cancer control and reduced radiation therapy side effects are tremendous, according to industry experts.URO clinicians have been using Elekta Synergy® – an IGRT system equipped with integrated imaging and treatment beam shaping