bluefield – A new piece of medical equipment installed in a lead-lined vault is bringing new cancer treatment options to people across southern West Virginia and neighboring Southwest Virginia. WVU ...

A new, state of the art Varian TrueBeam linear accelerator is now treating patients at Exeter Hospital's Center for Cancer Care. The linear accelerator is a highly sophisticated system designed to ...

FARGO – Cheryl Swenson is nearing the end of 30 appointments with a machine that bombards her body with precise beams of radiation. The $4 million machine, a linear accelerator, was recently installed ...

Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital has installed a new radiation therapy system, which integrates imaging, beam delivery and motion management to give physicians unmatched control of radiation ...

Medical linear accelerators (linacs) have revolutionised cancer treatment by delivering precise high-energy photon and electron beams, yet the production of secondary neutrons remains a critical ...

Partners Royal Philips ($PHG) and Elekta ($EKTA) have started installing a high-field, MRI-guided linear accelerator system at The Netherlands Cancer Institute in ...

A radiation exposure incident occurred during linear accelerator treatment at Samsung Medical Center on the 2nd, prompting an investigation by the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC). This ...