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. 12 U A B C O M P R E H E N S I V E C A N C E R C E N T E R