Accuray Incorporated Announces Data from a Prospective Study
January 08, 2020 at 07:30 am
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Accuray Incorporated announced data from a prospective study which showed that at five years, stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) administered with the CyberKnife® System provided excellent disease control with low rates of toxicity in men with locally recurrent prostate cancer after previous treatment with radiation therapy. Importantly, 69% of men required no androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) treatment within the first five years following CyberKnife prostate SBRT. ADT, also known as "hormone therapy," is the most common treatment given for recurrent prostate cancer. However, its use is associated with unfortunate side effects including loss of libido, hot flashes, bone fractures, loss of muscle mass and physical strength, and weight gain. Hypofractionated radiation therapy involves the delivery of higher doses of radiation over a smaller number of treatment sessions, compared to conventional radiation therapy which requires a substantially longer course of treatment. SBRT uses advanced techniques to deliver ultra-hypofractionated radiation therapy — very high doses of radiation are administered over several days. This treatment process necessitates an extremely high degree of accuracy and precision. The CyberKnife System, designed to deliver SBRT, is the only radiotherapy device that can maintain sub-millimetric accuracy with continual imaging and automatic beam delivery corrections, including rotation, throughout treatment delivery, making it easier for clinicians to effectively treat patients while minimizing dose to healthy tissue.
Accuray Incorporated is a radiation therapy company. The Company develops, manufactures, sells, and supports solutions that are designed to deliver radiation treatments. Its solutions are designed to advance patient care during each individual treatment, throughout the treatment process, and at each stage of the cancer treatment journey, from curative to palliative treatments. Its technologies, the CyberKnife and TomoTherapy platforms, including the Radixact System, its TomoTherapy platform, are designed to deliver advanced treatments, including stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT), and adaptive radiation therapy (ART). In addition to these products, the Company also provides services, which include post-contract customer support (warranty period services and post warranty services), installation services, training, and other professional services.