{"id":8565,"date":"2021-04-15T09:17:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T23:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/?p=1074"},"modified":"2021-04-15T09:17:55","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T23:17:55","slug":"cancer-care-welcomes-raystation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/newsletters\/news-at-the-royal\/cancer-care-welcomes-raystation","title":{"rendered":"RBWH Radiation Therapy Cancer Care welcomes RayStation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><div id=\"attachment_1049\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1049\" class=\"size-fusion-400 wp-image-1049 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/04\/raystation-f-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"RayStation\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/267;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1049\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RayStation in action in Cancer Care<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Radiation Therapy Cancer Care Services at RBWH has recently treated their first patient with the newly commissioned treatment planning system, RayStation. The new system will replace an older planning system that has been in service since 2006 and will enable the department to progress further with the delivery of cutting-edge treatments.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The commissioning process has taken approximately six months so far and has involved key staff including Radiation Therapists and Medical Physicists. This extensive process ensures data transfer, treatment planning and delivery is maintained to ensure we\u2019re continuing to provide accurate and safe treatment for patients.<\/p>\n<p>RayStation offers some new and exciting functions previously not available on the planning systems in the radiation therapy department.\u00a0It has the ability to include previously delivered treatment as background information when developing a new plan, and allows for real time evaluation of doses to tumours and critical organs such the spinal cord or kidney.<\/p>\n<p>RayStation also has the functionality to convert a radiation treatment plan developed for a specific treatment machine into an equivalent plan that can be treated on a different machine available within the department.\u00a0 This feature allows for continuity of treatment when an extended break down of treatment machine occurs.<\/p>\n<p>RBWH Director Radiation Therapy Service Gregory Rattray said that with the new RayStation planning system up and running the radiation therapists are eager to explore the full extent of functionality the system provides.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe system represents an investment in advanced technology that will provide the potential to produce more complex and accurate treatment plans for the patients in our care for many years to come,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe system has the potential to automate time consuming functions allowing for faster plan production and reduced wait times for our patients.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radiation Therapy Cancer Care Services at RBWH has recently treated their first patient with the newly commissioned treatment planning system, RayStation. The new system will replace an older planning system that has been in service since 2006 and will enable the department to progress further with the delivery of cutting-edge treatments.<br \/>\nRBWH Director Radiation Therapy Service Gregory Rattray said the system represents an investment in advanced technology that will provide the potential to produce more complex and accurate treatment plans for the patients in our care for many years to come.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":1049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[176],"tags":[194],"class_list":["post-8565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-at-the-royal","tag-rbwh"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>RBWH Radiation Therapy Cancer Care welcomes RayStation - Staff Extranet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RBWH Radiation Therapy Cancer Care welcomes RayStation - Staff Extranet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Radiation Therapy Cancer Care Services at RBWH has recently treated their first patient with the newly commissioned treatment planning system, RayStation. 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