UK & Ireland Prostate Brachytherapy Conference 2021 With regret, we have cancelled plans to run the May 2021 Conference. The Newcastle team had hoped the deferred meeting would go ahead, but we are still faced with a hugely uncertain situation regarding COVID-19.
2015 Conference Sponsors
Thank you to the following companies who sponsored the 2014 conference.
PLATINUM SPONSORS:
Committed to the future of Brachytherapy
BXTAccelyon Limited is a company with an exclusive focus on prostate brachytherapy and a strong commitment to offering the very best products and services to centres in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
While the name might be new the BXTAccelyon team has over 50 years‘ combined experience in brachytherapy. This experience has been pooled to create a company which puts excellence in the delivery and development of this important treatment option at the centre of everything it does.
BXTAccelyon is committed to keeping brachytherapy it’s priority in terms of strategy, funding, innovation, service and support.
For further information please contact: BXTAccelyon Ltd, 268 Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire UK SL1 4DX. General Enquiries: 0800 0148060 Direct number: 0044 (0)1753 607410 or visit their website.
GOLD SPONSORS:
BAYER HEALTHCARE - Innovation for better health. At Bayer our commitment is to bring to patients around the world quality medicines for use in diagnosing, combating and preventing disease. Every day we work against time, researching new pathways, new molecules, new technologies – complementing our own capabilities with expertise of innovative partners from science and industry.
The success of this work is evidenced in new medicines for areas with significant unmet medical need such as oncology, cardiovascular and blood diseases, as well as gyneacology and ophthalmology. Our aim is a better quality of life for all.
Eckert & Ziegler BEBIG Ltd are a dedicated brachytherapy company, proudly providing a complete portfolio of products for LDR, HDR and Ophthalmic treatments.
Through on-time delivery, consistent high quality, flexible manufacturing processes and constant self-improvement, we strive to meet the needs of our customers and the expectations of our investors.
In November 2013 Eckert & Ziegler BEBIG acquired Mick Radio-Nuclear Instruments, Inc., the leading manufacturer of applicators for brachytherapy. At the same time we acquired the brachytherapy business of Biocompatibles, Inc. in Oxford, Connecticut – reinforcing our dedication and commitment to our business and your patients.
GE Healthcare Oncology - Solutions from screening to treatment monitoring. Enabling personalized cancer care.
Our mission is to help your oncology multidisciplinary team improve the cancer patient care by providing essential components you need for an overall quality cancer management. Visit their website for more information.
SILVER SPONSORS:
BARD is a leader in products that focus on Disease State Management in three key areas: Vascular, Urology, and Oncology.
In the specialized field of prostate cancer, our Brachytherapy business unit offers urologists, radiologists, oncologists and physicists a "Total Resource" for the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer.
Elekta Brachytherapy solutions are part of Elekta’s leading radiation therapy portfolio and encompass more than 35 years of Nucletron® innovations. This includes Esteya® electronic brachytherapy, Flexitron® afterloading, Oncentra® Brachy treatment planning, the broadest range of applicators in the industry and Real-time LDR/HDR Prostate Solutions
MIM Software Inc. provides practical imaging solutions in the fields of radiation oncology, radiology, nuclear medicine, neuroimaging, and cardiac imaging. MIM offers solutions for PC and Mac® workstations, as well as mobile iOS and cloud-based platforms. MIM is a privately held company that sells its products globally to imaging centers, hospitals, specialty clinics, research organizations, and pharmaceutical companies.
MIM Symphony™ is an exciting new collaborative platform for prostate cancer diagnosis and management. With no compromise solutions for radiology and urology, both disciplines are able to focus on their specialties while providing each other a wealth of information for accurate diagnosis and staging.
As leaders in radiotherapy technology, Varian Medical Systems develop products supporting emerging oncology treatments. As a leader in brachytherapy technologies, Varian offers fully integrated, customizable treatment solutions for both planning and treatment delivery stages with:
Afterloaders
VariSource™ iX HDR afterloader and GammaMedplus™ iX HDR/PDR afterloader
Treatment planning software
BrachyVision™ brachytherapy treatment planning system, Acuros™ BV advanced dose calculation for brachytherapy, Vitesse™ real time planning for HDR brachytherapy, and VariSeed™ LDR prostate treatment planning system.
Applicators and accessories
Varian Medical Systems supports the following brachytherapy techniques:
Analogic’s BK Medical ultrasound systems, incorporating Quantum Technology and TriCore architecture, offer unparalleled image quality with a range of specialized transducers including transducers dedicated to brachytherapy.
The newly introduced bk3000 system gives unrivalled image quality by using state of the art GPU’s to form the image, instead of the CPU’s that are normally used, this allows for reduced noise and artefacts, whilst increasing detail and contrast resolution at all depths.
This new introduction complements our Flex Focus system that is extremely mobile and flexible and allows up to 4 hours of plug-free imaging.
In addition we are now working with DK Technology to provide an MRI Fusion solution, where biopsies can be taken using either a transperineal ‘template’ or TRUS approach.
We have provided innovative ultrasound for over 30 years, improving patient care worldwide.
SeeDOS Ltd specializes in a range of Radiation Oncology, Urology and General Medical Equipment and Services.
We are also dedicated to providing you with a professional, high quality, accurate, economic, reliable and timely prostate seed implant training and equipment supply, together with other related equipment and services, to assist you in the introduction or continuation of the prostate implant technique at your clinic.
Our new range of prostate biopsy products now include MultiCore Biopsy Needles designed to simplify the taking of multiple prostate biopsies for prostate biopsy mapping..
Committed to the future of Brachytherapy 
GE Healthcare Oncology - Solutions from screening to treatment monitoring. Enabling personalized cancer care. 
SeeDOS Ltd specializes in a range of Radiation Oncology, Urology and General Medical Equipment and Services. 