October 1 2004
Veenendaal, The Netherlands – Nucletron B.V. announces the release of OncoSystem™ Breast, a complete turnkey kit for Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation (APBI). OncoSystem Breast is a compilation of Nucletron products and services including PLATO Insight™ treatment planning software, the world-reknowned Kuske Breast Template, OncoSmart™ Catheter, and professional clinical education. This turnkey kit eliminates the guesswork involved in start-up of APBI, allowing the clinician to focus on what really matters. “Nucletron has put its 16 years of experience in providing Breast Templates, including the Rabbit Template™ which has been in use by hundreds of clinics around the world beginning in 1988, and more recently the Kuske Breast Template, a CT/MR compatible template, released in 2002 with over 65 installations, to good use,” stated Rudolf Scholte, President & CEO Nucletron B.V. “Making it easier for clinicians to provide the most advantageous, clinically exceptional, treatment techniques while improving the patient’s quality of life is our main priority because, as a company, we never forget why we do what we do,” he continued. In addition to breast brachytherapy devices, Nucletron offers the widest range of products to treat many body-site specific cancers. Nucletron’s portfolio includes over 200 Nucletron-designed, manufactured, and tested applicators and disposables. For more information about OncoSystem Breast, or other Nucletron products and services, please visit http://www.nucletron.com/
About Nucletron B.V. Nucletron is a global leader in the development, manufacture, sales, service and support of the world’s most innovative products for cancer treatment, with particular expertise in treatment planning systems, brachytherapy, simulation, integrated software solutions for oncology, and comprehensive support and professional education and services. The company has over 20 offices worldwide, including its corporate headquarters in Veenendaal, The Netherlands. For more information on Nucletron, please visit: http://www.nucletron.com/. Nucletron B.V. is a subsidiary of Delft Instruments N.V., Delft Instruments is the holding company of an international group of companies, which hold a leading position in their respective markets with high quality, high technology products and services. Delft Instruments employs some 1,200 people and reported net profit of EUR 10.4 million on turnover of EUR 237 million in 2003. For more information on Delft Instruments, visit: http://www.delftinstruments.com./ For further information: