CyberKnife for Intracranial Lesions:
Stereotactic radiosurgery became a viable treatment option for patients with a variety of cancers and benign conditions involving the brain with the introduction of the Gamma Knife and linear accelerator based radiosurgery systems approximately 20 years ago. Since that time tens of thousands of patients have been treated safely and without invasive surgery for tumors and problems that used to require invasive surgery.
With the introduction of the Cyberknife, a new, improved generation of radiosurgery has arrived. Patients no longer have to have a headframe attached by pins to their head, as new software allows patients to be treated more accurately but without any hardware attached to them. Any lesion which could be treated with the Gamma Knife or any other radiosurgery system can now be treated painlessly and with submillimeter accuracy by the Cyberknife.
|
