Townsville Hospital treats first Australian patient with Elekta Unity MR-Linac, a transformative approach to precision radiation therapy
Ability to adapt daily treatment based on real-time MR imaging enables new approach to hard-to-treat cancersTOWNSVILLE, Australia, December 9, 2019 – Elekta (EKTA-B.ST) today announced that Townsville Hospital in Queensland has treated the first patient in Australia using Elekta Unity MR-Linac, a magnetic resonance radiation therapy (MR/RT) system that enables personalized precision radiation therapy through real-time visualization of the tumor during treatment. The patient was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2014, which has now spread, leading to three oligometastatic lesions that are