CyberKnife for Brain Tumors
CyberKnife is a non-invasive way to treat both benign and malignant primary brain and metastatic tumors in 5 treatments or less. The CyberKnife System’s treatment accuracy is unrivaled. Its ability to treat tumors with pin-point accuracy is unmatched by other radiation therapy and radiosurgery systems.
The CyberKnife System can essentially “paint” the tumor with radiation allowing it to precisely deliver treatment to the tumor alone, sparing surrounding healthy tissue.
- Clinical studies have shown that patients have achieved better tumor control and enhanced performance status following the use of CyberKnife treatments.
- The CyberKnife System is a frameless radiation delivery system. With other technologies, immobilization devices such as a head frame bolted to the patients’ skull are used to prevent movement. The CyberKnife System is designed to automatically adjust for movement and therefore does not require a head frame.
- The CyberKnife System has been proven to deliver radiation to the brain with sub-millimeter precision, which means minimal radiation is delivered to the surrounding healthy brain tissue.
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Advantages of CyberKnife for Brain Tumors
- Noninvasive, no incisions
- No anesthesia or hospitalization required
- Painless
- Five or fewer outpatient treatment sessions
- Little to no recovery time
- Allows for an immediate return to daily activities
- Minimal, if any, side effects due to pinpoint precision of high-dose radiation delivery
- Minimal radiation exposure to healthy tissue surrounding a tumor
- Targets Individual Tumors
Brain Tumor Types
- Acoustic Neuroma
- Anaplastic Astrocytoma
- Brain Metastases
- Chordoma
- Craniopharyngioma
- Ependymoma
- Gangliocytoma
- Germinoma
- Glioblastoma Multiforme
- Glioma
- Glomus Tumors
- Hemangioblastoma
- Meningioma
- Neurocytoma
- Neurofibroma
- Neurofibromatosis
- Oligodendroglioma
- Parotid SCCA
- Pituitary Adenoma
- Schwannoma
- Skull Base Tumors
- Vestibular Schwannoma