CHUM installs CyberKnife system for effective cancer treatment in Canada

Sep 17 2009

Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY), a global leader in the field of radiosurgery today announced that Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal (CHUM) has installed a CyberKnife(R) Robotic Radiosurgery System at Hopital Notre-Dame du CHUM, in Montreal, Canada.

''The addition of the CyberKnife to the CHUM's Radio-oncology Department is a definite asset for our treatment program, offering another alternative to our patients and consolidating even further the CHUM's role as a Canadian leader in the field of oncology," said Jean-Paul Bahary, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C), Head, Radio-oncology Department, Centre hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal.

CHUM, one of the largest radiation oncology centers in Canada, will utilize the CyberKnife System to treat both intracranial and extracranial applications including those in the lung, spine and prostate.

"Since announcing CHUM's purchase of a CyberKnife System, doctors and patients have been eager to see world class radiosurgery come to Canada," said Euan S. Thomson, Ph.D., president and CEO of Accuray. "We are very excited to announce that the System has been installed and has begun treating patients."

Source: http://www.accuray.com