American Shared announces patients treated at Radiation Therapy Facility

American Shared Hospital Services announced that it has begun treating patients at its Radiation Therapy Facility, A.B. Radiocirugia y Radioterapia de Puebla, in Puebla, Mexico, located 80 miles from Mexico City. AMS has a Joint Venture agreement with the principal owners of Guadalupe Amor Y Bien to treat public and private cancer patients at A.B. AMS and Guadalupe hold 85% and 15% ownership interests, respectively, in A.B. Under the agreement, AMS has provided an Elekta Versa HD linear accelerator, an upgrade to Guadalupe’s previous, older linac, and Guadalupe was accountable for all site modification costs.