LITTLETON, Mass., September 23, 2016 – The advantages of Mevion Medical Systems’ high-quality and cost-effective proton therapy technology for treating cancer are coming to the Netherlands. Zuidoost Nederland Protonen Therapie Centrum, BV (ZON-PTC) will install a MEVION S250i Proton Therapy System with HYPERSCANpencil beam scanning and Mevion’s proprietary Adaptive Aperture technology. The system delivers high-quality adaptive Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy (IMPT) treatments with precision and robustness.
Located on the Brightlands Maastricht Health Campus, ZON-PTC will, for the first time, make proton therapy available to patients in the southeast region of the Netherlands. Construction of the ZON-PTC facility will begin this year and the first cancer patients will be treated in 2018. The center will be affiliated with MAASTRO clinic and Maastricht University Medical Center with the aim of treating 400 cancer patients per year. Mevion was selected as the preferred vendor after a stringent tender process.
“Mevion’s compact proton therapy system will give us the ability to treat patients with the latest IMPT technology, including unparalleled treatment speed to minimize motion uncertainties and the sharpest penumbra, without the need for manual apertures and adjustments, while still being the most cost-effective proton solution,” said Geert Bosmans, project director and medical physicist of ZON-PTC. “Additionally, the system will have state-of-the-art 3D radiographic imaging to position the patient, and Mevion’s solutions offer the possibility, if needed, to expand easily in the future.”
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Maria Jacobs, CEO of ZON-PTC and MAASTRO clinic said, “Thanks to Mevion’s small footprint, we can simply install the Mevion system in the space of one and a half existing conventional radiation bunkers. Mevion’s proven clinical results, small size and cost-effectiveness make it the gold standard for proton therapy systems.”
“The success of Mevion’s many clinical sites clearly demonstrates that the MEVION S250 Series is the best choice for cancer centers around the world. The selection of Mevion by ZON-PTC is a further reinforcement that Mevion is the best choice,” said Joseph K. Jachinowski, president and CEO of Mevion Medical Systems. “At Mevion, we are proud that our low capital, operating and staffing costs, combined with our industry leading uptime, ramp-up and throughput, have contributed to ZON-PTC’s selection of the MEVION S250i Proton Therapy System.”
