More cancer patients in Africa to benefit from advanced radiation therapy with Elekta Unity MR-Linac
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Thursday, November 25, 2021
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Elekta (EKTA-B.ST) announced today that its latest African order for Elekta Unity MR-Linac comes less than six months after the company introduced its ACCESS 2025 strategy, which includes giving more than 300 million people access to radiation therapy with the addition of 800 to 1,000 additional Elekta linacs in underserved markets.
Key Points:
- As a member of the Elekta MR-Linac Consortium, ICCRC will actively investigate the potential benefits of magnetic resonance-guided radiation therapy (MRgRT) in pediatric oncology.
- In addition, ICCRC will join hospitals around the world in providing high precision radiation therapy to treat cancer in children.
- And Elekta Unity uses dynamic real-time adaptation to tailor treatment based on changes in the shape, size and position of the tumor and surrounding anatomy.
- * Elekta Studio is comprised of multiple medical devices, some of which may not yet be available in all markets.