Intraop Medical receives order for Mobetron from Poland
22 September 2005
Santa Clara, Calif. USA. Intraop Medical, manufacturer and developer of
the Mobetron, an innovative machine used to deliver intraoperative radiation
treatment (IORT) during cancer surgery, announces that it has received an
order for a Mobetron from the Wielkopolskie Centrum Onkologii Cancer Centre
in Poznan, Poland. The order from Poznan will be the second Mobetron in
Poland and the sixth in Europe. The hospital has requested that the unit be
delivered before the end of September 2005.
Dr. Donald A. Goer, Chief Executive Officer of Intraop Medical,
commented, "Poland is in the process of making a very large investment in
its cancer program, upgrading and increasing the numbers of equipment at its
radiation cancer centres. It is gratifying for us to see that intraoperative
radiation therapy and the Mobetron will be an integral part of their cancer
treatment plan."
Intraoperative Radiation Therapy (IORT) is the direct application of
radiation to the tumour or tumour bed while a patient is undergoing surgery
for cancer. A single two-minute IORT treatment can often eliminate several
weeks of conventional pre- or post-operative external beam radiation therapy
because the normal tissues surrounding the tumour can be displaced or
protected while IORT is administered as part of the surgical procedure to
remove the tumour.
About Wielkopolskie Centrum Onkologii Cancer Centre
The Wielkopolskie Centrum Onkologii Cancer Centre in Poznan Poland is one
of 22 centres in Poland currently specializing in treating cancer patients
with surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. The Wielkoplskie Centrum
Oncologii is one of the largest radiation therapy centres in Poland,
treating more than 4,500 radiation therapy patients per year, and over 9,000
cancer patients in total. The centre is in the process of expanding its
equipment to provide state-of-the-art treatment equipment for its cancer
program.
Website: http://www.wco.pl/
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