Why Choose CyberKnife®?
The treatments are pain-free and noninvasive, typically performed as an outpatient
procedure in the CyberKnife Center, adjacent to Radiation Oncology. Depending on
the complexity of the delivery, each session ranges from 30 to 90 minutes long with
the average treatment plan requiring as few as one to five sessions. Comparatively, radiation
therapy treatments are an average of 15 minutes long, requiring as many as 30 to 45 sessions.
Treatment with the CyberKnife System also has a reduced risk of post-treatment complications
such as infections, hemorrhages and loss of hearing or feeling occasionally associated
with conventional surgery.
In fact, many patients who have already reached the lifetime
dose limit of traditional radiation therapy to critical structures/tissues can
receive additional treatment with CyberKnife.