Brachytherapy | Benefits

Brachytherapy has been used to successfully treat a range of tumors, including prostate, cervical and breast cancer, at cancer treatment centers around the world. Radiation sources placed in or near tumors are also delivering promising results for some patients who might otherwise not be treatable. Doctors are combining brachytherapy with organ preservation surgery and external-beam treatments for intraorbital tumors in adults suffering from tumors on the eye and advanced nasal sinus cancers, and report the result has been a high cure rate with preserved visual acuity.

Physicists

Brachytherapy offers radiation therapy physicists an important technology for managing the radiation dose delivered to patients. Advanced tools in the Varian Brachytherapy Suite help simplify and streamline the treatment process, and help ensure the quality of treatment from initial commissioning to the routine quality assurance of treatment plans.

Dosimetrists

Brachytherapy from Varian offers a comprehensive treatment planning system that simplifies all popular brachytherapy techniques - IGBT, HDR, PDR and permanent seed prostate brachytherapy—so dosimetrists can easily create and compare variations of a plan to obtain the best treatment for the patient.

Radiation Oncologists

Varian brachytherapy provides a new level of digital technology that is compatible with today's hospital networks and provides a secure platform for future development. Multiple options and exceptional flexibility offer radiation oncologists complete integration and support to plan treatments from anywhere in the department.

Contact Varian Oncology

Varian Oncology Headquarters
Tel: 1.650.424.5700
Fax: 1.650.493.5637
E-Mail: ca@varian.com

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