How CyberKnife Works
Using image guided technology and advanced robotics, CyberKnife uses sub-millimeter accuracy to target radiation beams and destroy abnormal cells within the body, while sparing healthy cells. CyberKnife can be used to treat tumors throughout the body due to its frameless technology that spots the exact shape and location of a tumor while delivering highly concentrated beams of radiation from multiple positions and angles.
CyberKnife is painless – there are no incisions, blood loss, or recovery times. In fact, patients go home the same day and usually go about their normal routine.
You can expect:
- No Incisions
- No Blood Loss
- No Stereotactic Frame
- No Anesthesia
- No Pain
- No Recovery Time
During treatment, patients lie on a bed as a robot arm moves around the body, delivering targeted treatment at multiple angles. While conventional radiation therapy requires 20 to 40 treatments, the CyberKnife System requires only
1 to 5 treatments. Depending upon the location of the lesion or tumor, different parts of the body will be comfortably held in place. Slight shifts in position during the course of treatment will automatically be noted by the cameras – ensuring accuracy of the target during the radiation treatment. Your treatment team will be in a separate room during treatment, but you will be able to communicate with them at all times.
Each treatment is planned and delivered by a CyberKnife trained physician team—a radiation oncologist and a surgeon. Patients also benefit from the care of award-winning Magnet nurses and a team of dedicated professionals all working towards the same goal—taking care of the person, not just the cancer.
Care Locations
- Riverview Medical Center, 1 Riverview Plaza, Red Bank, NJ 07701
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