Indian hospital utilizes TomoTherapy treatment

Tata Memorial Centre in Mumbai, India, has begun to treat cancer patients with the Hi-Art system from TomoTherapy.

The Tata Memorial Centre, Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research & Education in Cancer (ACTREC) is a cancer care center, which treats more than 1,000 patients a day. ACTREC performs nearly 8,500 major operations and 5,000 patients are treated with radiotherapy and chemotherapy annually.

The Hi-Art treatment system combines integrated CT imaging with conformal radiation therapy, according to the Madison, Wis.-based radiation therapy system developer.

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