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2020 HIGHLIGHTS
2020 HIGHLIGHTS Making the most of a challenging year, RaySearch persevered the pandemic via creative and adaptive ways of doing business. Resources were reallocated to virtual events in lieu of in-person congresses and meetings; product installations and user trainings were held remotely, and temporary licenses were granted to some clinics pro bono such as CHU Liege, and CHUV Lausanne. Despite travel restrictions, promising expansions occurred in Eastern Europe, Africa and Latin America, with sustained momentum in APAC, Europe and North America.
EUROPE/ AFRICA Utilizing a machine learning algorithm in treatment planning system RayStation®*, Mälarsjukhuset in Eskilstuna, Sweden, has made significant time savings in dose planning for radiation therapy. The algorithm in question is a deep learning method for contouring organs. The decision to implement this advanced technology was made to save time, thereby alleviating the prevailing shortage of doctors specialized in radiation therapy at the hospital – which was also exacerbated by the COVID-19 situation. University Medical Centre Maribor (UKC Maribor) in Slovenia placed an order for treatment planning system RayStation in November 2020. UKC Maribor became the 700th customer to choose the system, and Slovenia became the 40th country with RayStation customers. RayStation and next-generation oncology information system (OIS) RayCare®* are now in operation at the brand new Particle Therapy Interuniversity Centre Leuven (PARTICLE). The center is the first proton therapy clinic in the world with the combination of RayCare and IBA’s single-room proton therapy device Proteus ONE. Haaglanden Medical Center, Leiden University Medical Center, and Haga Hospital in the Netherlands have chosen RayStation. Following a joint request for tenders and a wide variety of tests, the evaluation committee found RayStation to be the best-value system available. Oslo University Hospital, home to one of the world’s largest cancer clinics, acquired RayStation for use at Norway’s first national proton therapy center. The order was placed in Q1, and installation and user training took place remotely during Q2-3. Despite misgivings in the early onset of the pandemic, the process was successful. RayStation is now in clinical use at the two proton centers currently established in Spain: Quirónsalud and Clínica Universidad de Navarra. The Kingdom of Morocco’s Ryad Oncologia Clinic and two Groupe Les Oliviers sites became the first cancer centers in north Africa to order treatment planning system RayStation. RayStation has been chosen to provide access to advanced treatment planning features that were previously unavailable in the north African market. Axim Nuclear & Oncology will now be supplying RayStation to the radiotherapy market in South Africa.
