Usually, the sooner one finds cancer, the better their chances of recovery and survival.  Dominick Seavello is the exception; a year ago, the 75-year-old Escondido resident wouldn’t have been given six months to live.

Seavello went to the emergency room in October when his bronchitis produced blood.  An x-ray revealed a large lung tumor; one that had been growing silently and steadily for many years.  The tumor was so large that physicians talked about taking the entire lung, but Seavello’s emphysema made that impossible.  If his diagnosis had been last May, instead of in October, his prognosis would have been very poor, due to the size and location of his tumor.

Fortunately for Seavello, his cancer was discovered AFTER the physicians at CyberKnife Centers of San Diego introduced the CyberKnife to San Diego – a revolutionary new technology for treating inoperable tumors. 

Seavello underwent four CyberKnife treatments in December 2006, and recent follow-up PET scans show NO evidence of any tumor in his lung.  According to his radiation oncologist, Damon Smith, M.D., he is living proof of the power and promise of CyberKnife technology.