What imaging does CyberKnife use?
CyberKnife® uses a compact linac with 6 MeV photons, mounted on a robotic system allowing noncoplanar movements from almost any possible angle. The secondary collimation can be performed using either fixed collimators or dynamic aperture collimator both having a round shape with diameter from 5 up to 60 mm.
What is CyberKnife and how does it work?
CyberKnife uses a high-energy X-ray machine on a robotic arm to precisely deliver radiation beams that destroy tumor cells and stop tumor growth while avoiding damage to healthy tissue. The treatment process is the same for each CyberKnife patient.
What is the difference between radiation and CyberKnife?
Cyberknife Is More Accurate Than Traditional Radiation Therapy. Because it’s able to target diseased tissue, Cyberknife SBRT is much more accurate than traditional radiation therapy. SBRT can deliver radiation to a margin of one to five millimeters surrounding a tumor.
Is CyberKnife painful?
There are many benefits to a CyberKnife procedure. It is non-invasive, does not require a headframe or painful Immobilization device and it is able to reach areas of the body previously thought untreatable. It is ideally suited for those who are unable to undergo surgery or who do not wish to risk surgery.
Is CyberKnife radiation covered by Medicare?
The CyberKnife procedure, like other stereotactic radiosurgery, is generally covered by most insurance plans as well as Medicare.
Is stereotactic radiosurgery the same as CyberKnife?
CyberKnife is used in a type of radiation therapy called stereotactic radiosurgery (also known as stereotactic radiotherapy). This treatment destroys tumors with extremely precise, very intense doses of radiation while minimizing damage to healthy tissue, offering accuracy akin to the sharpness of a surgeon’s scalpel.
How successful is CyberKnife treatment?
For low-risk prostate cancer patients treated with CyberKnife, the five-year disease-free survival rate was 97.3 percent.
What cancers can be treated with CyberKnife?
The CyberKnife M6 system treats the following cancers and other benign tumors:
- Brain cancer (benign and malignant)
- Head and neck cancer.
- Liver cancer.
- Lung cancer.
- Pancreatic cancer.
- Prostate cancer.
What are some disadvantages of the CyberKnife?
Potential side effects of CyberKnife treatment for prostate cancer
- Constipation, fecal urgency, fecal incontinence, hemorrhoid, rectal bleeding.
- Urinary retention, urinary urgency, increased frequency, incontinence, urinary bleeding.
- Blood in stool.
- Erectile dysfunction.
What to expect after CyberKnife treatment?
– urinary problems – rectal irritation – erectile dysfunction – fatigue
What is cyberknife radiosurgery?
– High precision radiotherapy robot; – Compact, high capacity linear accelerator; – Fully automated patient movement tracking system; – Synchronisation of movement of the radiation beam with the respiratory movements; – Newest software of radiosurgery planning.
What are the side effects of CyberKnife?
Fatigue.
What is Cyberknife procedure?
CyberKnife radiosurgery is an advanced radiation technique that precisely delivers a high dose of radiation to tumors anywhere in the body. As a painless, non-invasive procedure, it does not involve an actual knife, but is called “radiosurgery” because of its precision.