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Kallisio’s Stentra system enters clinical use at Stanford, expanding precision radiation toolkit for head and neck cancer

Kallisio has begun clinical implementation of its FDA-cleared Stentra system at Stanford Health Care, marking the first reported integration of the patient-specific intraoral device into a major U.S. hospital’s workflow for head and neck cancer radiation therapy. The system, which received 510(k) clearance in January 2024, enables individualized immobilization of oral structures during intensity-modulated radiation

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Pharma & Biotech

Proton therapy delivers survival gain in head and neck cancer: Could this Lancet trial shift payer and policy resistance?

A new phase III clinical trial published in The Lancet has shown that proton therapy significantly improves overall survival and reduces treatment-related toxicities in patients with oropharyngeal cancers compared to traditional photon-based radiation. Conducted across 21 U.S. institutions and led by researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the study is the

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