Decatur Memorial Hospital Becomes First In Illinois To Treat Cancer Patients With RapidArc? Radiotherapy Technology

Decatur Memorial Hospital became the first medical center in Illinois, and the third in the United States, to treat a cancer patient using RapidArc? radiotherapy technology from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR). John Hosler, an 85-year-old prostate cancer patient, received his treatment in just under 90 seconds — a treatment that would have taken 15-20 minutes using earlier treatment methods.

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Filed under: Cancer on June 19th, 2008