ATLANTA, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- On Monday, January 28, The Royal Marsden Hospital (Sutton, Surrey, UK) successfully completed the first Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT)* treatment in the world using a commercially produced product. To facilitate the treatment, the hospital used its existing Elekta Synergy® system and Elekta's next generation linear accelerator control system.
VMAT takes Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) to the next level by simultaneously controlling the position and speed of the linear accelerator gantry, the multileaf collimator and dose rate. The flexibility and variability of VMAT provides highly conformal dose distribution to each target, sparing surrounding healthy tissue more effectively than other treatment methods to reduce the possibility of negative side effects.
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Monday, February 11, 2008
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