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Varian Medical Systems:
Prestigious LondonHospitalEnters Long-Term Agreement with Varian
Medical Systems
Other topics: Telemedicine
Equipment, Medical
Informatics Cancer Treatments,
Personalized Medicine Programs
M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
London, England, Oct 30, 2007 - The London Clinic is set to be
the first UK hospital to offer cancer patients advanced RapidArc
treatments as part of a long-term collaboration with Varian
Medical Systems. The London Clinic, one of the UK's most
established independent hospitals, will also be the first in the
UKto acquire an advanced Trilogy all-in-one linear accelerator.
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As part of a
GBP70 million investment to mark its 75th anniversary, The
London Clinic will introduce the radiotherapy services to its
patients for the first time when its new state-of-the-art cancer
treatment centre is opened in 2009.
As well as the Trilogy accelerator, the hospital has also
acquired a second treatment machine - a Varian Clinac iX linear
accelerator - as well as a full suite of Eclipse treatment
planning software.
Malcolm Miller, Chief Executive of The London Clinic, says:"This
latest investment further highlights The London Clinic's
long-term commitment to improving cancer care. This new
technology will be core to the service offering in our new
dedicated cancer treatment centre and will ensure we can provide
our cancer patients with the most advanced radiotherapy
treatments available.
"Following comprehensive clinical and technical evaluations, we
are confident Varian Medical Systems is ideally suited to meet
the needs of The London Clinic and our patients."
"As the first hospital in the UKto introduce RapidArc treatments
on Trilogy, we will be able to carry out highly conformal 4D
image guided radiotherapy that can be delivered far more quickly
than with other IMRT systems," adds Dr. David Landau, Cancer
Centre Steering Group, The London Clinic. "The flexibility of
Trilogy to deliver RapidArc, stereotactic radiosurgery and
dynamic IMRT will also provide the clinic with the ability to
personalise radiotherapy treatments for every patient."
Varian's new RapidArc capability, introduced for the first time
at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO)
meeting in Los Angelesthis week, enables highly conformal
treatment fields to be delivered very quickly. It allows
clinicians to achieve precisely-sculpted 3-D dose distribution
with a single 360-degree rotation of the linear accelerator
gantry. RapidArc treatments can be delivered far more quickly
than existing IMRT (intensity modulated radiotherapy)
techniques, with beam times of just 2 to 3 minutes.
A fully-accessorized Trilogy accelerator, equipped with Varian's
On-Board Imager for fast and effective image-guidance, is
capable of offering all standard radiation therapies as well as
the most advanced treatments such as intensity modulated
radiotherapy (IMRT), image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) and
whole-body stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS).
"We are delighted that The London Clinic has decided to enter a
long-term agreement with Varian and we look forward to expanding
access to the world's most advanced radiotherapy treatments for
the UK's cancer patients," said David Scott, Varian's UKsales
manager.
About Varian Medical Systems
Varian Medical Systems, Inc., of Palo Alto, California, is the
world's leading manufacturer of medical devices and software for
treating cancer and other medical conditions with radiotherapy,
radiosurgery, proton therapy, and brachytherapy. The company
supplies informatics software for managing comprehensive cancer
clinics, radiotherapy centers and medical oncology practices.
Varian is a premier supplier of tubes and digital detectors for
X-ray imaging in medical, scientific, and industrial
applications and also supplies X-ray imaging products for cargo
screening and industrial inspection. Varian Medical Systems
employs approximately 4,400 people who are located at
manufacturing sites in North America and Europeand in its 60
sales and support offices around theworld. In Europe, the
company operates manufacturing and engineering centers in Baden
(Switzerland), Crawley (England), Haan (Germany),
Helsinki(Finland) and Toulouse(France) and has headquarters for
Europe, Middle East, Indiaand Africa (EMEA) based in Zug,
Switzerland. For more information, visit http://www.varian.com/.
About The London Clinic
- One of the UK's most established independent hospitals
- Located on Harley Streetin the heart of London's medical
community
- Long-standing international reputation attracting leading
consultants
- Highly complex procedures in addition to routine surgery and
medicine
- 24 hour consultant-led Intensive Care Unit
- Celebrating 75 years of inspired care - 1932-2007
CONTACT: Neil Madle, Corporate Communications & Investor
Relations Director, Varian Medical Systems Tel: +44 (0)7786
526068 Tracey Thompson/Jo Gulliver, The London Clinic Press
Office: Tel|: +44 (0)20 8786 3860 e-mail: pressoffice@thelondonclinic.co.uk
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