UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center Magazine Winter 2018 | Page 14
clinical update
By
BEENA THANNICK AL
UAB first in U.S. to use
HyperArc High-Definition
Radiotherapy on brain
cancer
This past year, the University of Alabama at Birmingham treated brain cancer patients
for the first time utilizing Varian HyperArc™ High-Definition Radiotherapy, making the
academic medical center the first in the United States to use this technology for complex
radiosurgical procedures.
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