TomoTherapy: Niche Player or Not?
Executive Summary
Radiation oncology is a very attractive market indeed. It's a $3 billion-plus capital equipment market predicted to experience a compound annual growth rate of 10 to 15% in the next several years, with the image-guided segment expected to grow at a 35% rate. Approximately 30% of the market is up for grabs over the next three years, as institutions replace old and obsolete equipment. Can small company TomoTherapy sustain the lead it has gained with a new image-guided system that increases the precision of cancer targeting and spares normal tissues, once entrenched multi-billion dollar radiation oncology companies begin to offer aggressive competition?
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