What is the cyber knife robotic radiosurgery system?

The CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery Method is an outpatient procedure that has practically no harmful effects and causes absolutely no pain. The CyberKnife emits extremely precise beams of radiation with great precision to target cancerous and non-cancerous tumors. The system allows practitioners to focus on cancerous tissue by protecting surrounding healthy tissue from radiation.

As a consequence, care with CyberKnife is more patient-friendly, radiation is handled more safely, and treatment can be accomplished in one to five sessions. In order to monitor, detect, and correct the tumor and patient mobility throughout the treatment, CyberKnife utilizes an image control and computer-controlled robotics combination.

CyberKnife is an innovative technique that offers a specific type of radiation treatment termed stereotactic radiosurgery or stereotactic body radiation therapy. It consists of a linear compact accelerator, which produces a beam of radiation connected to a robotic arm, which is highly maneuverable.

The CyberKnife is designed to monitor the width of the radiation beams that are supplied by the system during treatment, so that our clinical specialists can adjust the size of our beam and handle a broader range of tumors in the body.

During the CyberKnife surgery, the patient lies on a treatment table as the robotic arm of the machine moves around the body and directly delivers high amounts of radiation to the tumor. Based on the size, shape, and position of your tumor, most treatment sessions usually last 30 to 90 minutes.

Using the CyberKnife, the benefits of cancer treatment include:

• Non-invasive and painless procedures are available to patients.
• The CyberKnife provides superior range and controllability with a completely integrated robotic delivery system.
• Because the robotic technology of the system continuously monitors patient movement and determines the location of the tumor before transmission of the beam, lesions that move when the patient breathes can be treated.
• In contrast to standard radio surgical technology, CyberKnife utilizes the body's skeletal structure as a point of reference for the identification of the tumor position during treatment instead of invasive metal frames and skull pins.
• A CyberKnife patient does not need to wait in the hospital while the treatment plan is being developed, unlike frame-based procedures, where the entire process must be conducted in a single day.
• Depending on the dose of radiation and shape of the tumor, treatment sessions usually run for 30 to 90 minutes.
• Doctors are allowed to choose to treat the tumor in one or more dose sessions.
• CyberKnife therapy has a decreased risk of complications that are occasionally associated with traditional surgery, such as infection, bleeding, and other complications.
• Patients may not expect hospitalizations, quick recovery, reduced pain, no loss of blood, and no hair shaving.
• Patients may not expect hospitalizations, quick recovery, reduced pain, no loss of blood, and no hair shaving.
• Immediately after treatment, patients may go home or return to work and continue daily activities.
• Tumors are treated by CyberKnife anywhere in the body.