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Department of Radiation Oncology
Brachytherapy

Cancer Ablation Therapy Program

 
 


Learn more about these three, first-in-Canada technologies

  1. MR-Brachytherapy construction started

    June 2015

    MR-Brachy

  2. Gamma Knife Installation complete

    October 7, 2016

    Patient with Gamma Knife

  3. Gamma Knife Icon installation complete

    June 5, 2017

  4. First in Canada: Gamma Knife Icon targets brain metastases

    June 2017

    First Gamma Knife Icon patient with multiple metastases treated in Canada. 

    Gamma Knife Icon team

  5. MR–Linac installation initiated at Sunnybrook

    July 2017

  6. 50th patient treated on the Gamma Knife Icon using mask.

    August 2017

     Dr. Arjun Sahgal

  7. First MRI-brachytherapy patient with real-time imaging

    September 13, 2017

  8. MR-Linac beam turned on for first time in Canada

    September 14, 2017

    MR-Linac

  9. First pictures taken on Sunnybrook's MR-Linac

    May 31, 2018

    MR-Linac

  10. First human images taken on Sunnybrook's MR-Linac

    February 2019

    MR-Linac

  11. First patient treatment on Sunnybrook's MR-Linac

    August 2019

    MR-Linac and team

  12. First Sunnybrook prostate patient treated on MR-Linac Elekta Unity

    November 2019

    MR-Linac team

  13. First Sunnybrook prostate patient treated on MR-Linac Elekta Unity

    March 202022

    Head and neck cancer patient receives first treatment on MR-Linac - Elekta Unity

  14. Upper abdominal patient receives first treatment on MR-Linac – Elekta Unity

    December 2022

    Upper abdominal patient receives first treatment on MR-Linac - Elekta Unity