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Article: OHSU Announces First Clinical Use in the Pacific Northwest of Novalis Tx(TM) Technology for Non-Invasive, Image-Guided Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) and Radiosurgery.
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- September 23, 2008
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During first months of operation, over 30 patients received treatments for tumors of the brain, spine, lung, and liver
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Doctors at the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) have become the first clinicians in the Pacific Northwest to offer patients an advanced form of image-guided stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) and radiosurgery using new Novalis Tx(TM) technology from Varian Medical Systems and BrainLAB. OHSU installed the new Novalis Tx platform in order to offer patients fast, accurate non-invasive treatments for cancer and abnormalities of the central nervous system.
Martin Fuss, MD, ...