Eckert & Ziegler BEBIG has recently installed the latest generation MultiSource® device in the leading private clinic in Bogota, Colombia

September 28, 2011

Seneffe, Belgium, September 28, 2011,  Eckert & Ziegler BEBIG, a global leader in
brachytherapy, has recently installed the first MultiSource® HDR (High Dose
Rate) afterloader of the latest generation in the Centro de Control de Cancer
LTDA in Bogota, Colombia. The system is the first of its kind worldwide and it
is already used effectively in the treatment of cancer patients.

Centro de Control de Cancer is one of leading private medical institutions in
Colombia and a renowned leader in the implementation of high technology in
cancer treatment in South America. Opened in 1993, it is run by distinguished
physicians: Armando Gaitan, Juan Carlos Arbelaez, Felipe Torres, Ricardo
Cendales, Ivan Bobadilla and medical physicists: Jaider Vasques, Ricardo Español
and Helbert Cortes. The centre is equipped with the latest technology for
treating cancer including three linear accelerators and one Co-60 (Cobalt 60)
machine. The new MultiSource® HDR afterloader complements the existing
therapeutic line ideally. In addition to the MultiSource®, Centro de Control de
Cancer is using HDRplusTM3.0, the latest version of Eckert & Ziegler BEBIG´s
treatment planning system, an intuitive software for precise and efficient HDR
treatment planning, which provides its users with functions that considerably
simplify and accelerate their preparation of the treatment plan.

"We have increased our productivity using the MultiSource® afterloader,
considering that we have a reliable and fast device, accompanied by an excellent
technical support and easy-to-use planning software. This has been highly
appreciated by our physicians and physicists. Plans to implement image-guided
brachytherapy in gynecological tumors and performing in vivo dosimetry are
already on their way", said doctor Ricardo Cendales, six weeks after the
installation of the MultiSource® afterloader in the clinic.

According to the doctors and physicists from the Centro de Control de Cancer in
Bogota the innovative medical technology like MultiSource® afterloader
contributes considerably to the facilitation of the clinical practice:  "This is
a very good example of the optimal results of a good relationship between the
equipment developers and the clinical practitioners in order to make
radiotherapy equipment easier, more precise and user friendly." (Armando Gaitan,
physician).

Centro de Control de Cancer treats every day a large number of patients with
brachytherapy. The three most common pathologies treated with HDR are
gynecological, prostate and esophagus cancer. The clinic is dedicated to helping
patients with limited financial resources. As a part of social policy, a special