HyperArc (system of radiation therapy)

2017: Implementation

On August 8 the American company Varian Medical Systems announced the beginning of use of a new type of high-precision radiation therapy of HyperArc™ High Definition Radiotherapy (HDRT). The first oncological patient underwent treatment using a new system in the medical center Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria ("Hospital of sacred heart of Don Kalabria") located in the province Verona, Italy.

As the producer notes, the HyperArc system created based on installations for treatment of oncological diseases of Varian TrueBeam and Edge allows doctors to deliver the optimal radiation dose precisely corresponding to the size, a form and localization of a tumor to the defeat center at the expense of what more sparing impact on surrounding healthy fabrics is reached.

Varian Medical Systems announced a new type of radiation therapy of HyperArc

HyperArc HDRT provides the high accuracy and optimal selection of a dose of beam loading and allows to perform successfully modern radio surgeries at patients with the most complex cases — professor Filippo Alongi, the director of oncological department of radiation therapy of Sacro Cuore Don Calabria clinic and the associate professor in the field of radiation oncology of the university Brescia noted.

According to the specialist, received a new type of treatment the patient with multiple intra cranial metastases became the first. High quality and efficiency of therapy impressed doctors, and in hospital wait for new patients for treatment using HyperArc, Alondzhi added.

We are very glad to news about the first practice of therapy using HyperArc. It marks the beginning of a new era of high-precision radio surgery and radiation therapy for cancer patients — Kolleen Kennedy, the president of division of Varian Oncology Systems on release of systems for treatment of oncological diseases commented.[1]

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