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Nov 01, 2018

Technology Advances Expand Access to LINAC Radiosurgery Around the Globe

Advances in linear accelerator (LINAC) technology—including developments in image-guidance systems, multileaf collimators (MLCs), and volumetric arc therapy (VMAT) treatment delivery—have ushered in a new era of LINAC-based radiosurgery. In this series of four profiles, Centerline visits four cancer centers—two in the U.S.A., one in Croatia, and one in India—to report on how clinicians are harnessing the power of the Edge™ radiosurgery system in the important quest to help ever greater numbers of patients with conditions that can be challenging to treat. Read more >
Sep 19, 2018

Receiving Treatment for Cancer in 2048: Varian Takes a Look at the Future

In a new paper, “The Future of Cancer Care: Moving from Promise to Reality," Varian lays out the company’s vision for how advances in such disparate areas as diagnostics, genomics, precision medicine, immunotherapy, artificial intelligence, robotic surgery, radiotherapy and data analytics are poised to change the cancer journey, converting it from a deadly disease to a manageable one, so that a cancer diagnosis need no longer hold the fear that it does today. Read more >
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Aug 17, 2018

Brazilian Hospitals Make the Leap to a Complete Oncology Information System

At Sírio-Libanês Hospital in São Paulo, Brazil, patients are now starting radiation treatment on average two days sooner. Reducing the time from simulation to the first day of treatment is just one of the many benefits that the Sírio-Libanês hospitals in São Paulo and Brasilia have gained from the ARIA® oncology information system (OIS) after engaging one of Varian’s clinical consulting services teams to help them optimize their use of ARIA. Read more >
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Jul 10, 2018

The Halcyon™ Platform: Early Adopters Weigh In

Early adopters in the U.S., UK, and South Africa report that the Halcyon™ system, optimized for simplified and expedited image-guided IMRT and VMAT treatments, is living up to its promise of speed without compromise. Read more >
  • Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
Jun 21, 2018

Triggered Imaging and Auto Beam Hold: Enhancing Lung SBRT

Englewood Hospital and Medical Center is treating small tumors in the lung with SBRT. That in itself isn’t news, but how they are delivering the treatments is of interest. Read more >
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Jun 21, 2018

Varian Team’s Two-Part Article Named “Editor’s Choice” by Medical Physics Journal

A two-part article authored by Varian-based researchers about the company’s Acuros® CTS, a software tool for scatter correction in Varian’s new Iterative cone-beam CT (CBCT) solution, was selected by the editors of Medical Physics to appear in the May 2018 Editor’s Choice column. Read more >

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