New linear accelerators can cost a medical facility between 1 and 5 million dollars. The expense of owning a LINAC does not stop once it has ben purchased. There are items outside of the actual equipment purchase such as a simulator, training computers, treatment rooms, salaries, ongoing training, operation expenses, maintenance, repairs, and more. The..
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Many times, when a facility gets a new or refurbished linear accelerator, they are replacing an older piece of equipment that needs to be removed. If you have ever worked with a LINAC you can only imagine how difficult the removal process can be. Not only is it a large piece of machinery you are..
Radiation therapy is just one treatment used in the treatment of cancer. Linear accelerators, LINAC, are often used to deliver radiation which destroys cancerous cells. LINAC machines use high energy x-rays to deliver radiation to cancerous tumors. This breaks down and destroys the cancer cells while trying to minimize the damage and exposure to the..
There are many reasons that health care facilities look into purchasing refurbished linear accelerators verse new. Most assume that refurbished medical equipment is purchased solely because it is more affordable than new however that is not the only reason to consider. Look into refurbished LINAC systems when: Treating fewer than ten patients a day When..
There are several questions that come along with a cancer diagnosis. One of the first questions that patients ask is regarding the treatment of their newly diagnosed cancer. Patients want to know how they are going to rid their body of cancer. The answer most often, external radiotherapy. External radiation, radiotherapy is treatment of cancer..