Cyberknife
Apollo Cancer Centres Introduces the world's first and only non-invasive whole body
radiosurgery system, CyberKnife in India
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
- Being a pain-free, non-invasive type of radiosurgery, CyberKnife significantly reduces the treatment time and treats the affected areas with great accuracy with minimal side effects.
- The duration of the treatment is reduced from 5-6 weeks to a maximum of 5-7 days with one session per day, lasting about 30-90 minutes.
- CyberKnife treatment works with a high degree of precision, with minimal exposure to the healthy tissues
- CyberKnife can treat any inoperable tumour anywhere in the body with pinpoint accuracy and is unmatched when it comes to accuracy.