SUNNYVALE, Calif, Nov. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Accuray Incorporated , a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, announced today that Hua Shan Hospital in Shanghai has installed a CyberKnife(R) Robotic Radiosurgery System for its Pudong District facility. The installation marks the first CyberKnife System in Shanghai and the fifth System in China, providing greater patient access to the benefits of robotic radiosurgery.
“Hua Shan Hospital’s reputation as a premier provider of health care in Shanghai and the surrounding region makes it a perfect location for the region’s first CyberKnife System,” said Euan S. Thomson, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of Accuray Incorporated. “This installation is another step toward universal access to CyberKnife radiosurgery as a non-surgical option for cancer care.”
The Hua Shan Hospital installation is the 121st CyberKnife installation to date. China’s previous four CyberKnife Systems are located at Hong Kong Adventist Hospital in Hong Kong, Shandong LuTai Tumour Hospital in the Jinan Shandong Province, Tianjin Cancer Hospital in Tianjin, and Ruikang Hospital in Nanning, Guangxi province.
Hua Shan Hospital has been in partnership with Harvard Medical International since 2001 and serves as the primary teaching hospital of the Fudan University Medical School. Hua Shan Hospital has created a network of facilities to address the emerging needs of the country’s people. The network currently includes Hua Shan Hospital in Shanghai’s embassy district, Hua Shan Hospital in Pudong, and Nanchang Zhonghuan Hospital. The hospital’s facility in Pudong serves as a center of excellence in oncology.
About the CyberKnife(R) Robotic Radiosurgery System
The CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System is the world’s only robotic radiosurgery system designed to treat tumors anywhere in the body non-invasively. Using continual image guidance technology and computer controlled robotic mobility, the CyberKnife System automatically tracks, detects and corrects for tumor and patient movement in real-time throughout the treatment. This enables the CyberKnife System to deliver high-dose radiation with pinpoint precision, which minimizes damage to surrounding healthy tissue and eliminates the need for invasive head or body stabilization frames.
About Accuray
Accuray Incorporated , based in Sunnyvale, Calif., is a global leader in the field of radiosurgery dedicated to providing an improved quality of life and a non-surgical treatment option for those diagnosed with cancer. Accuray develops and markets the CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System, which extends the benefits of radiosurgery to include extracranial tumors, including those in the spine, lung, prostate, liver and pancreas. To date, the CyberKnife System has been used to treat more than 40,000 patients worldwide and currently more than 100 systems have been installed in leading hospitals in the Americas, Europe and Asia. For more information, please visit http://www.accuray.com.
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