Cyberknife
Apollo Cancer Centres Introduces the world's first and only non-invasive whole body
radiosurgery system, CyberKnife in India
Indication and Procedures
- Indication:
- It is used for both intra-cranial as well as extra-cranial tumours.
- Meningioma and Acoustic Schwannoma
- A-V Malformation
- Pituitary Adenoma
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Chordoma
- Re-irradiation
- Brain metastasis
- Procedures:
- A planning CT and MRI is taken for better visualisation.
- For Mobile tumours, fiducials are implanted that help in tracking the tumour motion treatment.