NAI COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER ADDS NEW DIMENSION IN RADIATION TREATMENT
A next-generation radiation therapy system that allows physicians to "shape" radiation treatments three-dimensionally to match irregularly contoured tumors is now available at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Comprehensive Cancer Center. The RadionicsR ConforMAX Mini-Multileaf Collimator (mMLC(tm)), approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration earlier this year, is a device that attaches to a linear accelerator to focus and direct the radiation beam generated by the accelerator.

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