Advantages of the CyberKnife Treatment
The CyberKnife System takes radiosurgery to a new level. The ability to receive a pain-free, non-invasive treatment means patients can resume their normal lives with renewed hope and vigor.
Advantages of the treatment include: - A total of 1-5 treatments with durations averaging 30-90 minutes depending on tumor location, size and complexity
- No incisions or blood loss
- No anesthesia required
- Outpatient procedure
- No post-operative recovery
- Minimal recovery time and rapid return to normal activity
- Advanced age or coexisting medical conditions do not affect the ability to receive CyberKnife treatment
- Enables more powerful radiation doses
- No limitations of time-consuming, uncomfortable head and body frames or other immobilization devices
- Automatically moves the patient to the exact treatment position with immediate accuracy–providing greater setup precision while significantly streamlining the patient setup process
- Tracks, detects and corrects for even the slightest tumor and patient movement (including breathing patterns) throughout the entire treatment to significantly enhance treatment accuracy
- .3mm surgical precision accuracy
- Potential for decreased side effects