First Center in Hong Kong Treats Patients with CyberKnife® and TomoTherapy® Systems
Hong Kong Adventist Oncology Center Offers Full Spectrum of Disease Treatment with State-of-the-art Technologies
SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 11, 2013 – Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY), announced today that Hong Kong Adventist Oncology Center, the first center locally to offer both the CyberKnife® Robotic Radiosurgery and TomoTherapy® Systems, hosted its official opening ceremony last week. Hong Kong Adventist Oncology Center is a newly built cancer center that was designed to accommodate both systems. Their TomoTherapy System was installed late last year and their CyberKnife System was installed in September 2006.
“We are pleased to offer the most flexible, precise solutions for radiation treatment planning and delivery that enable us to deliver personalized treatments to a wide range of patients,” said Dr. Stephen Law, clinical director of Hong Kong Adventist Oncology Center. “The CyberKnife and TomoTherapy Systems allow our clinicians to create specialized treatments ranging from high-precision radiosurgery for early-stage and localized disease to image-guided, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IG-IMRT) for more advanced disease throughout the body.”
“Our two leading-edge treatment solutions – the CyberKnife and the TomoTherapy Systems – satisfy all the external beam radiation delivery needs of an oncology department and give clinicians flexible, individualized treatment options to use in their pursuit of optimal treatment outcomes.” said Lionel Hadjadjeba, general manager EIMEA and senior vice president of International Business at Accuray. “The adoption of Accuray’s versatile systems are constantly proven to provide comprehensive treatment solutions that serve the full spectrum of radiation oncology patients.”
For more information of Hong Kong Adventist Oncology Center, please visit http://www.hkah.org.hk/new/eng/service_tumor_center03.php#c
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Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY), is a radiation oncology company that develops, manufactures and sells personalized, innovative treatment solutions that set the standard of care with the aim of helping patients live longer, better lives. The Company’s leading-edge technologies deliver the full range of radiation therapy and radiosurgery treatments.
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SOURCE: Accuray