CLEVELAND, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- ViewRay, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRAY) announced today that the company's MRIdian and MRIdian Linac systems will be featured at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), with a number of presentations highlighting clinical experience and patient outcomes. The ASTRO meeting will be held September 24-27, 2017 in San Diego.
MR-guided radiation therapy remains a significant area of interest, as reflected by the 21 MRIdian clinical presentations and posters accepted as part of ASTRO's Scientific Sessions. These presentations will be given by MRIdian users from around the world including National Cancer Center (NCC) in Tokyo, Japan; Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) in Seoul, South Korea; Policlinico Agostino Gemelli, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Gemelli ART in Rome, Italy; University of California, Los Angeles Health System and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (UCLA); University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center (University of Wisconsin) in Madison; VU University Medical Center (VUmc) in Amsterdam, Netherlands; and Washington University and Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital (Washington University) in St. Louis.
MRIdian Scientific Session presentations will focus on clinical outcomes including toxicity, local control, and survival. Other topics include the use of on-line adaptive therapy, stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), and margin reduction, as well as research into diffusion weighted MRI for early assessment of treatment response. MRIdian Scientific Session presentations will cover a wide array of clinical indications including pancreatic, breast, cervical, lung, gastrointestinal, liver, and prostate cancers.
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"We are pleased to have so many leading institutions from around the world sharing their exciting experience with ViewRay's MR-guided radiation therapy systems at this year's ASTRO," said Chris A. Raanes, president and chief executive officer of ViewRay. "With the only MR-guided radiation therapy systems on the market today, ViewRay is proud to be introducing its second generation system, MRIdian Linac, and paving the way for this important advance in radiation oncology. Now in its fourth year of patient treatments, MRIdian's value continues to be reinforced by user feedback and patient outcomes."
Also at this year's ASTRO, ViewRay will host the inaugural meeting of its Clinical Cooperative Think Tank (C2T2), a group of MRIdian clinical users and customers focused on evidence-gathering to support MR-guided radiation therapy. Recent customers that have been invited to the C2T2 include Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center in Boston; Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida; Institut du Cancer de Montpellier, and Institut Paoli Calmettes, Marseille in France. The meeting will be hosted by ViewRay's newly appointed Executive Director for C2T2, Martin Fuss, M.D., Ph.D.
