University Medical Centre Utrecht treats first cancer patient with Elekta Unity
First of five planned patients in a clinical study has received therapy for spine metastasesUTRECHT, The Netherlands, May 24, 2017 – On May 19, the University Medical Centre (UMC) Utrecht treated the first patient as part of a clinical study with Elekta Unity, a magnetic resonance radiation therapy (MR/RT) system capable of delivering precisely targeted radiation doses and capturing magnetic resonance (MR) images of diagnostic quality. It is the first time a patient has been treated on a state-of-the-art linear accelerator with a high-field MR imaging system. The study, taking place at