Varian to provide radiotherapy systems:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Varian Medical Systems is to provide the US Department of Veterans' Affairs with advanced radiotherapy systems for treating cancer, under a renewable contract. The deal includes Varian's Clinac medical linear accelerators, its Ximatron treatment simulators, multi-leaf collimators and other accessories for SmartBeam IMRT, which targets cancer cells with high dose while minimising the exposure of healthy tissue.