First CyberKnife® M6™ and TomoTherapy® Systems in Chile Installed at Fundacion Arturo Lopez Perez Cancer Institute

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Nov 05, 2015, 06:30 ET

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Accuray Incorporated (NASDAQ: ARAY) announced today that the first CyberKnife^® M6™ and TomoTherapy^® Systems in Chile are now installed at Fundacion Arturo Lopez Perez (FALP) Cancer Institute in Santiago, Chile. FALP is also the first hospital in Latin America to install both Accuray systems. The devices provide a noninvasive treatment option and are used worldwide for delivering precise radiation therapy while maximizing patients' quality of life during and after treatment. The radiation therapy team at FALP expects to begin treating patients in the first quarter of 2016.

For more information on the CyberKnife and TomoTherapy Systems visit http://www.accuray.com.

Government officials, including Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, will attend FALP's opening ceremony today in support of the institute's commitment to becoming an international leader in the prevention, detection and treatment of cancer. The non-profit institute is dedicated to providing the best treatment possible regardless of a person's economic status and to supporting families with socioeconomic vulnerability.

"Our mission at FALP is to provide each cancer patient with high-quality treatments tailored to his or her individual needs," said Dr. Hugo Marsiglia, radiation oncologist and medical director at FALP Cancer Institute in Santiago. "With the two systems – CyberKnife and TomoTherapy – in one location we truly have the flexibility to treat almost any patient who may benefit from radiation therapy, regardless of the size or location of the tumor(s), and proximity to critical organs."

The CyberKnife M6 Series delivers radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), enabling precise, high-quality dose distributions to be delivered confidently to the patient with extreme accuracy over a minimum number of treatments, reducing side effects and preserving patients' quality of life. The system accounts for patient and tumor motion by adjusting automatically in real-time, ensuring on-target delivery of radiation. CyberKnife is the only robotic radiosurgery system available today which delivers such high precision treatments for intra- and extra-cranial disease sites throughout the body including the prostate, lung, brain, spine, liver, pancreas and kidney.

"Working with the FALP team to bring the most advanced radiation therapy solutions to the people of Chile represents our commitment to increasing access to our technology around the world," said Joshua H. Levine, president and chief executive officer of Accuray. "With the CyberKnife and TomoTherapy Systems, FALP has the ability to significantly and positively impact the way cancer is managed, and bring new hope to people who would otherwise be without options."

The TomoTherapy System is the only radiation system specifically designed for image-guided intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). Based on a CT scanner platform, the system provides continuous delivery of radiation from 360 degrees around the patient, or delivery from clinician-specified beam angles. These unique features, combined with daily 3D image guidance, enable physicians to deliver highly accurate, individualized dose distributions which precisely conform to the shape of the patient's tumor while minimizing dose to normal, healthy tissue, resulting in fewer side effects for patients. The TomoTherapy^® System is capable of treating all standard radiation therapy indications including breast, prostate, lung and head and neck cancers, in addition to complex treatments such as total marrow irradiation.

About Accuray
Accuray Incorporated (NASDAQ: ARAY) is a radiation oncology company that develops, manufactures and sells precise, innovative tumor treatment solutions that set the standard of care with the aim of helping patients live longer, better lives. The company's leading-edge technologies deliver the full range of radiation therapy and radiosurgery treatments. For more information, please visit www.accuray.com.

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