Cyberknife
Apollo Cancer Centres Introduces the world's first and only non-invasive whole body
radiosurgery system, CyberKnife in India
Introduction
The world's first non-invasive whole body radiosurgery system, CyberKnife, was introduced to India for the first time by Apollo Cancer Centres CyberKnife is designed to treat cancers & lesions (previously examined as inoperable or untreatable) anywhere..
Features
- CyberKnife system is a non-invasive robotic radio-surgery modality used for treating tumours anywhere in the body.
- Continual image guidance technology and robotic mobility tracking detects and corrects the tumour position and patient movement during treatment.
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Indications and Procedures
- It is used for both intra-cranial as well as extra-cranial tumours.
- Meningioma and Acoustic Schwannoma
- A-V Malformation
- Pituitary Adenoma
- Trigeminal neuralgia
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Advantages
- It is a high precision technique; therefore higher doses of radiation can be delivered in each fraction, with millimetre accuracy.
- It can be used to treat both benign and malignant lesions as well as vascular malformations.
- It can be used for functional disorders like trigeminal neuralgia
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