Vietnam’s “K Hospital” uses Elekta solutions to make precision radiation medicine available to cancer patients
HANOI, May 8, 2019 – Elekta (EKTA-B.ST) announced today that Vietnam’s National Cancer Hospital, which is affiliated with the K Hospital, will soon begin treating cancer patients with advanced technology from Elekta. The K hospital has invested in a Leksell Gamma Knife® Icon™ system, Versa HD™ and Synergy Platform linear accelerators, as well as Monaco® treatment planning systems and MOSAIQ® oncology information system.According to the World Health Organization, almost 165,000 new cancer cases are diagnosed in Vietnam each year.[1] And almost 115,000 of these people die from