BSD Medical Corporation (NASDAQ: BSDM) (the "Company" or "BSD") announced today that the University Medical Center (UMC) of Göttingen, Germany, has purchased a BSD-500 Hyperthermia System (BSD-500). UMC was established in 1732 and is a center of scientific excellence in Europe and the most prominent medical center in Lower Saxony, Germany. The UMC is a premier research oriented facility whose mission is to care for both the health and the quality of life of its patients. UMC has 1,470 beds and 11,000 employees.
The Department of Radiation Oncology of UMC is chaired by Professor Clemens Hess, M.D. Ph.D. UMC plans to use the BSD-500 to deliver hyperthermia in combination with radiation therapy for the treatment of head and neck cancer and chest wall recurrences of breast cancer. The institution also plans to utilize hyperthermia combined with high and low dose rate brachytherapy to treat various tumors, including prostate cancer and breast cancer. The BSD-500 will start clinical operation in the second part of October 2010.
UMC Göttingen joins the growing family of hyperthermia facilities located in prestigious German University Medical Centers, including UMC Charité Berlin, UMC Grosshadern of the Ludwigs Maximilians University Munich, UMC Erlangen, UMC Düsseldorf, UMC Tübingen as well as Schlossbergklinik Oberstaufen and Klinik Bad Trissl of the Comprehensive Cancer Center of UMC Munich. The University Medical Centers in Munich, Düsseldorf and Erlangen all operate multiple BSD hyperthermia systems for treatment of various cancers using hyperthermia in combination with radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy.
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