Benefits of CyberKnife
Benefits for Patients
Because CyberKnife is non-invasive, it has significantly fewer complications than traditional open surgery and can often achieve comparable or better outcomes.
Other benefits include :
- No incisions
- No pain
- No bleeding
- No stereotactic frame (as used with Gamma Knife)
- No anesthesia
- No recovery time
- Immediate return to normal activity
- Minimal radiation to surrounding healthy tissue
- Hope for lesions untreatable by open surgery or other radiosurgical systems
- A second chance for those who have previously undergone the maximum allowed doses of radiation
Benefits for Physicians
- Treat complex tumors previously considered inoperable because of complexity or proximity to critical structures
- Treat tumors virtually anywhere on the body
- Flexibility in treatments
- Flexibility in dosage -- physician may specify single dose or fractionate therapy
