Press Releases

December 1, 2011

Xstrahl Enters into Framework Agreement with NHS Supply Chain to Supply Imaging, Radiotherapy and Ancillary Devices to Hospitals and Medical Radiotherapy Centres in the UK

Xstrahl has entered into a framework agreement with NHS Supply Chain to supply its industry leading superficial and orthovoltage X-Ray Therapy Systems to radiotherapy centres within the United Kingdom.

NHS Supply Chain was established to reduce both the costs and supply chain process time required to acquire medical equipment and supplies for Hospitals and Medical Centres within the UK.

Xstrahl's range of kilovoltage X-Ray Therapy Systems are used in the clinical treatment of superficial skin conditions and some cancers and boney metastases. Xstrahl's medical systems include the Xstrahl 100 and 150, used to treat conditions such as basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, keloid scarring and mycosis fungoides; and the Xstrahl 200 and 300 are used to treat inflammatory, degenerative and hypertrophic disorders, as well as skin conditions and some boney metastases.

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October 2, 2011

Huntington Memorial Hospital Acquires the Xstrahl 100 for the Treatment of Superficial Cancers of the Skin

Ruth Williamson, MD, Medical Director of Huntington Hospital's Breast Cancer Program, says of the hospital's newly acquired Xstrahl 100; "Our new superficial therapy unit is the optimal device for curative radiation treatment of skin cancers. The device delivers a high dose to the skin, yet spares the underlying tissue from radiation. Radiation therapy is an excellent option for small skin cancers when surgery requires reconstruction which, otherwise, could give an unsatisfactory cosmetic result."

This low-energy treatment option delivers outstanding clinical accuracy with excellent cosmetic results, and in many cases, provides a nonsurgical alternative for treating primary skin lesions in the sensitive areas of the head and neck.

Huntington Memorial Hospital is located in Pasadena, California and specializes in cancers of the skin as well as breast cancer.

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September 19, 2011

The 14th International Congress of Radiation Research (ICRR) Commemorates the 100th Year Anniversary of Maria Sklodowksa-Curie's Two Nobel Prizes

Xstrahl attended the 14th International Congress of Radiation Research in Warsaw, Poland, August 28th—September 1st, 2011. The traditional polish-themed conference held at the historic Palace of Culture and Science was hosted by the president of the Congress, Antonina Cebulska-Wasilewska, and marked the 100th year anniversary of Maria Sklodowska-Curie being the first person, and only woman, to win two Nobel prizes.

The conference was well attended by an international audience and featured numerous simultaneous lectures focusing on various aspects of radiation research, including normal tissue effects of radiation, DNA damage response, advances in combined therapies and cancer treatment, environmental radiobiology, hypoxia, radioresistance, dosimetry and ethics.

A debate between Soren Bentzen and Boguslaw Jacek Maciewjewski was held on the topic, "This house believes that further advances in radiation oncology will come from physics rather than from radiation biology," and resulted in an amusing and challenging dicussion.

Awards were presented to the following: Richard Hill, IARR Kaplan Award, David Hirst, ARR Weiss Award, Penny Jeggo, ERRS Bacq Award and Alexander and Dudley Goodhead, the ICRU Gray Medal Award.

Xstrahl exhibted its Small Animal Research Radiation Platform (SARRP) for the first time to a European audience at the conference and was delighted with the interest shown in the platform. A diverse range of questions with regard to current and future applications were answered by the Xstrahl attendees.

Xstrahl would like to thank the organisers and attendees for their interest and looks forward to meeting collaborators and scientists at the next ICTR-PHE conference on February 27th—March 2nd, 2012 in Geneva.

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September 19, 2011

Xstrahl Attends GBS Jahrestagung 2011 in Köln

Xstrahl attended the 14th Annual GBS Jahrestagung meeting of the Society for Biological Radiation Research in Köln, from the 13th—16th of September 2011. This year's annual meeting focused on radiation research and its implications for both people and space. It was held at the University of Bonn-Rhein-Sieg in collaboration with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and was hosted by Dr. George Iliakis of the University of Duisburg-Essen.

The meeting featured lectures on the mechanics of DNA damage and repair, signal transduction, bystander mechanisms, genomic instability, individual radiation sensitivity, side effects of ionizing radiation, high LET radiation, space radiation therapy aspects and UV radiation as well as current radiation protection issues.

A SpaceLife career day was also organised by the Helmholtz space life sciences research school for September 17th to enable students a chance to liaise with experienced industry scientists and organisations.

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July 2, 2011

Xstrahl's Pioneering SARRP® (Small Animal Radiation Research Platform) Secures First Ever European Commissions

Following a highly successful United States launch of its SARRP, a pre-clinical cancer research platform using image guided micro-irradiation (IGMI™) techniques, which has seen installations at Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Virginia, Xstrahl has now been commissioned with the first ever European SARRP system for the Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging at University College London.

This installation will quickly be followed by the delivery of two further European systems for the Department of Molecular Studies, Oxford University and the Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow.

Expanding SARRP's continuing success in the United States, the Beaumont Institute in Michigan will take delivery of a SARRP platform, as well as an Xstrahl Radiation Research Cabinet enabled with precise oxygen for hypoxia experiments.

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April 14, 2011

Installation of First European SARRP® (Small Animal Radiation Research Platform) Showcased as Centrepiece at Glittering Reception at University College Hospital London's New Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging (CABI)

Xstrahl was a proud sponsor of an inaugural reception April 13, 2011 which took place in London at University College's Paul O'Gorman Building to launch the opening of the new Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging (CABI). The centre is the new multidisciplinary research centre for experimental biomedical imaging.

A centrepiece of the instution's research department is Xstrahl's SARRP, a pre-clinical cancer research platform using image guided micro-irradiation (IGMI™) techniques.

Dr. Susan Short, Consultant and Senior Lecturer in Clinical Oncology specialising in translational research at the University College London's Cancer Institute which focuses on molecular aspects of radiobiology and DNA repair in glioma and CNS model systems introduced the new SARRP system to a select audience of over 200 invitees.

The reception was a great success and helped to introduce Xstrahl's cutting-edge SARRP technology, enabling the highly accurate targeting of radiation to brain tumours in the animal model.

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