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A new centre in Romania

A new Amethyst center opened in July 2021, at Timisoara (in the south-west of Romania) providing ambulatory treatment for all cancer types patients. This center is very similar to the Cluj center, with Radiotherapy Department equipped with BigBore Phillips CT, 2 mirrored ELEKTA LINACS providing VMAT/IMRT 6/10 MV with Agility fast MLC and a Medical Oncology Department functioning as Day […]

Amethyst Roma at Estro 2021

Amethyst Roma represented at the ESTRO 2021. Amethyst Roma joined this breast trial presented to ESTRO 2021 in Madrid: “Inter-institute variability of kb-models for whole breast irradiation with tangential field” 👉 https://www.estro.org/Abstract?a=d18590f5-1d80-eb11-a812-000d3adb4705

Vienna’s First Private Radiotherapy Center Officially Opens

Amethyst increases the treatment capacity by 20% Vienna. In Austria around 40,000 people develop cancer every year. About 60 percent of the sick need radiation therapy. There are currently 15 linear accelerators (“Linac” for “linear accelerator”) in operation in Vienna. This means that up to 6,000 patients can be treated per year. It was planned […]

A new Prostate Unit Multidisciplinary Oncology Group in Amethyst

Prostate cancer is today the most common male solid neoplasia and the second most common cause of death from cancer. Since October 2019, Amethyst has organized a new way to approach this widespread pathology: the Prostate Unit Multidisciplinary Oncology Group. You will find below the article on this Prostate unit written by our team in […]

Amethyst Radiotherapy reaches the United Kingdom

Amethyst Radiotherapy expands its footprint into the UK through the acquisition of the 100% share capital of Medical Equipment Solutions Limited (MESL) – a specialised provider of intracranial radiation treatments (using the GammaKnife platform) at Queen Square Radiosurgery Centre in London and the Thornbury Radiosurgery Centre in Sheffield. Amethyst Radiotherapy now operates twelve radiotherapy centres […]

1st radiotherapy treatments in stereotactic conditions at Creil clinic

On February 7th, we inaugurated radiotherapy treatments in stereotactic conditions in Creil (France). Amethyst Radiotherapy is the very first one to propose these state-of-the-art treatments in the department of Oise, hence enabling patients of the region to have their treatment delivered close to their home. Radiotherapy in stereotactic conditions is a very high precision irradiation […]

Inauguration of new Linear Accelerator in La Garenne-Colombes

On 8th of November 2019, the center Amethyst of La Garenne-Colombes in France inaugurated its new linear accelerator and opened its premises to medical partners. Our radiation oncologists gave a tour of the clinic installations to their peers while explaining the latest radiotherapy techniques, including radiation therapy in stereotactic conditions. Professor Cosset focused on prostate […]

Amethyst New Opening: Rome

May 2017 marks the first day of the new Amethyst centre in Rome. The grow of the Amethyst network has now reached the Italian Peninsula. Located in the picturesque Isola Tiberina, an island located inside the Tiber river, the centre stems from a partnership between Amethyst and Fatebenefratelli order, which has run the San Giovanni […]