Switzerland's Hôpital Riviera-Chablais Treats its First Patient With Elekta Unity MR-Linac
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RENNAZ, Switzerland, Jan. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Elekta (EKTA-B.ST) today announced that Hôpital Riviera-Chablais in Rennaz has treated the first patient in Switzerland using Elekta Unity MR-Linac, a magnetic resonance radiation therapy (MR/RT) system that enables personalized precision radiation therapy through real-time visualization of the tumor during treatment. On January 13, the site started treating its first patient using Elekta Unity. The patient received a hypofractionated (five fractions) treatment for a pelvic lymph node tumor. The 69-year-old male was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2017 which has now spread, leading to a single lymphatic metastatic lesion that is just a few centimeters from his bowel and his left ureter. This lesion would be challenging to treat with traditional radiation therapy because of potential damages to the very radio-sensitive tissues of the bowel and the ureter near the lesion. They used a PSMA PET CT for the staging. "The ability to see
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