Cyber Knife - Robotic Radiosurgicala device that is used to treat malignant tumors in the brain, liver, spine, and benign tumors. The cyber-knife treatment procedure has almost no contraindications and is accompanied by minimal side effects.
Operating principle
Installation is quite simple:The cyber-knife includes a linear accelerator, which generates radiation-destroying radiation, and the device itself, which determines the direction of radiation. The device is equipped with cameras that allow to obtain an x-ray image of the organ affected by cancer from different angles and, depending on this, change the direction of the radiation beam.
Indications
Cyber knife treatment is preferable in caseif the neoplasm is located in places that are difficult for surgical manipulations (in the brain or spine). This procedure is widely used in cancer of the liver, pancreas, kidneys, lungs, organs of vision, CNS tumors.
Benefits
One of the main advantages of a cyber-knife is highexposure accuracy. The installation purposefully affects the tumor with a powerful radiation flux, almost without damaging the healthy parts of the organ. Cyber-knife is effective in treating cancer with metastases, being an alternative to chemotherapy and hormone therapy.
Cyber Knife Sessions - One of the Most Modernand safe procedures by which cancer treatment is carried out. Cyber-knife allows you to safely and quickly get rid of cancer. The treatment session on the installation lasts from half an hour to two hours. Usually the course of therapy includes several sessions. Their number is determined by the size of the tumor.
Кибер-нож эффективен при лечении новообразований up to 4 cm in diameter. The device is often used to remove meningiomas located near the optic nerves - due to its high accuracy, a session on a cyber-knife is much safer than a classical surgical intervention.
The undoubted advantage of this procedureis that it does not require anesthesia. General anesthesia has many contraindications, including myocardial infarction, bronchial asthma, hormonal diseases, heart failure. It is these pathologies that are absolute contraindications for anesthesia and, accordingly, for invasive surgery. However, this does not apply to the cyber knife. This treatment method itself is not invasive and painless.
The side effects of this procedure are muchless than conventional radiation therapy or chemotherapy. Among the side effects are general weakness and dizziness, which disappear in a few days. The rehabilitation course after treatment is minimal, and in some cases it is not required at all.
Contraindications
The main contraindication to the procedure is the large size of the tumor (more than 4-5 cm in diameter).
Contraindications also include dislocation of the brain (displacement of brain structures due to injury) or even suspicion of the presence of any dislocation syndrome.
Cyber knife does not apply to decompensation -violation of the organ (heart, liver) or organ system, in which their functions can not be restored. The most common causes of decompensation are overwork, stress, diseases of various etiologies and advanced age. If it is impossible to restore the functions of an organ, it is pointless to subject it to radiation. In case of decompensation, the organ affected by the tumor is usually replaced by a donor organ.
Cost of the procedure
Cyber Knife Therapy - procedure withoutdoubt, effective and having many advantages over other methods of treatment of oncology. Many patients will prefer a progressive and precise installation, such as a cyber knife, to surgical intervention. The cost of treatment depends on the size and dislocation of the tumor, the stage of the disease and the specific clinic. The price varies from 7 to 13 thousand US dollars. This cost does not include preliminary diagnostic procedures (X-ray, MRI, laboratory tests) that must be completed before starting treatment. It is these procedures that help determine the exact location of the tumor, its size, the presence or absence of matastasis.
