* Varian's new TrueBeam™ system: new approaches to motion management, working with the system's high intensity beam delivery mode, and characterizing the dosimetric properties of the new system.
* RapidArc for delivering radiosurgery, for treating pediatric brain tumors, and for treating tumors of the prostate, the left breast, the head and neck, and the spine.
* The Eclipse™ treatment planning system and its use in partial breast irradiation, for adapting head and neck cancer treatments, and for planning hypofractionated prostate cancer treatments.
* Strategies for using Varian imaging tools to localize tumors and manage motion during treatment.
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Varian Users Meeting at AAPM
Varian will conduct its Users Meeting on Saturday, July 17, from 11 am to 6 pm, when experts from across North America will cover topics including: TrueBeam capabilities and how they could impact the future of cancer treatment; choosing between RapidArc, IMRT and other forms of conformal therapy; advances in brachytherapy dose calculation; using images in treatment planning, and maximizing safety through QA procedures.
Varian Emerging Technologies Symposium at AAPM
Varian will also hold a lunchtime symposium from noon to 1:30 pm on Tuesday, July 20 with presentations on early clinical work with the TrueBeam system and strategies for using respiration-correlated (i.e. 4-D) images for when planning treatments of moving tumors. The TrueBeam system's non-clinical Developer Mode for supporting clinical research and unlocking innovation will also be featured at the symposium.
About Varian Medical Systems
Varian Medical Systems, Inc., of Palo Alto, California, is the world's leading manufacturer of medical devices and software for treating cancer and other medical conditions with radiotherapy, radiosurgery, proton therapy, and brachytherapy. The company supplies informatics software for managing comprehensive cancer clinics, radiotherapy centers and medical oncology practices. Varian is a premier supplier of tubes and digital detectors for X-ray imaging in medical, scientific, and industrial applications and also supplies X-ray imaging products for cargo screening and industrial inspection. Varian Medical Systems employs approximately 5,000 people who are located at manufacturing sites in North America, Europe, and China and approximately 79 sales and support offices around the world. For more information, visit http://www.varian.com.
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