Signs Of Life In Radiation Therapy

Nobody in the medical technology sector has exactly been doing handsprings over the past few years, as lower patient visit volumes, reimbursement pressure, regulatory changes and sharply lower capital spending have all conspired to keep this supposedly-safe sector mired in the muck. Worst off of all, though, have been those companies that depend upon big-ticket capital equipment sales. 

Radiation therapy is a classic healthcare capital equipment sub-sector. The machinery built to deliver radiotherapy for cancer patients is incredibly expensive; sometimes the most expensive equipment a hospital will consider in any given time period. Although it is far too early to say that the sector is out of the woods, there are certainly some signs of life in the sector and investors may want to bone up on some of the major names. 


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