Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Selects Varian Equipment to Deliver Advanced Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery Treatments
LONDON /PRNewswire/ - One of London's leading cancer centers selected, in August, eight TrueBeam™ medical linear accelerators from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) to deliver advanced radiotherapy and radiosurgery treatments for cancer patients at two new facilities. Six TrueBeam devices, including a TrueBeam STx which is optimized for radiosurgery, will be installed at the new Guy's Hospital Cancer Center while two further machines will equip a satellite center at Queen Mary's Hospital in nearby Sidcup, Kent.
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is replacing its existing treatment machines with TrueBeam systems as radiotherapy services are centralized at the new flagship center, which is due to start treating patients in 2016. In addition to the equipment, the Trust is also acquiring a full suite of Varian's Eclipse™ treatment planning software.
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The radiotherapy service at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust serves a catchment population of approximately 1.6 million people and currently treats about 3,500 cancer patients each year, but the service is expecting this number to increase with the installation of the new systems, which can deliver more complex treatments than the center's existing equipment.
"We selected TrueBeam because it fully met our requirements and in particular has additional motion management functionality with 4D gating, which is important to us," said Angela Francis, head of radiotherapy at Guy's and St Thomas'. "The TrueBeam platform has strong potential for future innovation, it's user-friendly, and the overall system offers an efficient workflow, making it possible to treat more patients in a day. With TrueBeam, we will be able to offer our patients a full range of the latest radiotherapy and radiosurgery treatment options."
"Our new cancer center at Guy's will bring together the majority of cancer treatments under one roof and the new facility in Sidcup will enable cancer patients in outer London to receive radiotherapy closer to home. At present those patients have to travel to either Guy's or St Thomas's for their treatment," added Angela Francis.
Designed to treat a moving tumor with speed and accuracy, Varian's TrueBeam system incorporates numerous technical innovations that dynamically synchronize advanced imaging, patient positioning, motion management, and treatment delivery during a radiotherapy or radiosurgery procedure. TrueBeam has been designed to advance the treatment of lung, breast, intracranial, prostate, head and neck, and other types of cancer.
