“The new linear accelerator is instrumental in the expansion of our radiation therapy program ... but as things advance and we need newer equipment, it was just time to get an updated treatment ...

The world's first integrated CT ring linear accelerator was put into clinical use at Shanghai Renji Hospital on Saturday, ...

It was a radiation therapy machine. In layman’s terms it was a “cancer zapper”; a linear accelerator with a human as its target. Using X-rays or a beam of electrons, radiation therapy ...

Most radiation therapy uses machines called linear accelerators. These machines direct high-energy x rays at specific cancer cells in a patient's body, shrinking or removing them. Radiation therapists ...

The $215 million four-story Edwin Barbey Patient Care Pavilion will house the cancer treatment center on the first two floors ...

The Jefferson Healthcare Foundation raised $2.5 million to purchase a Varian Medical System TrueBeam linear accelerator that will be located in the hospital’s new radiation oncology facility, part of ...

Six events of accidental exposure, relating to the same type of accelerator ... the operation of radiation safety equipment; Formal procedures for using radiation safety equipment when radioactive ...

It uses ionizing radiation to destroy cancer cells and limit cell growth. It is applied by a team of qualified experts with the appropriate education and many years of experience in radiation oncology ...