Varian Medical Systems has received 510k clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market an updated brachytherapy applicator set designed specifically for intraluminal treatment of cancer of the esophagus. The Esophagus Bougie Set(TM) can now be used with Varian's full range of VariSource(R) and GammaMed(R) HDR (high dose rate) afterloaders. [click link for full article]
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