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Article: Varian Medical Systems Selected to Supply Major Project to Bring Advanced Radiotherapy Treatments to North of Portugal.
- Article from:
- Cancer Weekly
- Article date:
- November 10, 2009
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Cancer patients in northern Portugal will gain access to advanced cancer treatments with the acquisition of seven new treatments machines from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE:VAR) by the Instituto Portugues Oncologia, IPO Porto. The order, placed in August, includes the country's first Novalis Tx™ device for advanced radiosurgery and two Trilogy=AE medical linear accelerators offering RapidArc=AE radiotherapy capability (see also Cancer).
The project involves complete reconstruction of an institute that first began treating cancer patients in 1974 and has offered top quality cancer care for north Portugal's 3.6m inhabitants since. Four Clinac=AE DHX linear ...