Meridian Viewray is toast. Looking for alternative machines.

[Cancer2x]

Just was unenrolled in a Phase I clinical trial using the Meridian Viewray machine at Dana Farber. Meridian went belly-up in the summer, and the hospital (Brigham and Women’s in Boston) will cease using that machine in October 25th. I was supposed to start a clinical trial Nov 1st, now cancelled.

Looking for substitutes. Thinking that Cyberknife machines can also deliver IMAGE-guided SBRT, maybe. Can they use MRI, instead of CT, which has a worse record of SE’s, per the MIRAGE trial?

Also - one of my cancerous lymph nodes is REALLY close to my bladder. Has SPACE-OAR Gel ever been used to help separate structures internally other than the rectum?

Questions, questions.

[dudubaya]

That alternative would be Elektra Unity, you may get more info on it from Seasid who had his prostate irradiated with that machine

[Seasid in reply to dudubaya]

I believe MSK cancer centre have it in USA according some recent post. The name is actually Elekta Unity.

[Seasid in reply to Seasid]

Here are three confirmed locations in the U.S. with the Elekta Unity MRI Linac machine:

1. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Address: 485 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10017

2. Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center

Address: 4950 Essen Ln, Baton Rouge, LA 70809

3. University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics

Address: 200 Hawkins Dr, Iowa City, IA 52242

These centers use the Elekta Unity MR-Linac to provide advanced radiation therapy.

ChatGPT said

[j-o-h-n]

French?

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Wednesday 10/11/2023 5:03 PM DST

[Cape1]

I’m also at Farber. Who are your doctors