Varian Receives Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) and Prepares for First Ever Clinical Trial of FLASH Therapy

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Oct 12, 2020
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The FAST-01 (FeAsibility Study of FLASH Radiotherapy for the Treatment of Symptomatic Bone Metastases) study is a significant milestone in the development of FLASH therapy

- FLASH therapy delivers radiation at ultra-high dose rates and may be over 100 times faster compared to conventional radiation therapy

- The study will use Varian's ProBeam® proton particle accelerator modified with a specialized module with FLASH capabilities

- Trial to evaluate patients with bone metastases, typically deep-seated tumors

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