What Can CyberKnife Treat?

The CyberKnife^® System is a non-invasive alternative to surgery for the treatment of both cancerous and non-cancerous tumors anywhere in the body, including the head, spine, lung, prostate,  liver and pancreas.  The treatment – which delivers high doses of radiation to tumors with extreme accuracy – offers new hope to patients who have inoperable or surgically complex tumors, or who may be looking for a non-surgical option. To date, more than 60,000 patients have been treated and more than 140 systems are installed worldwide.

Below is a list of some, but not all intracranial (head and brain) tumors and lesions that can be treated by the CyberKnife System:

Acoustic neuroma
Anaplastic astrocytoma
Arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
Craniopharyngioma
DNET
Ependymoma
Epidural hematoma
Gangliocytoma
Germinoma
Glioblastoma multiforme
Glioma
Glomus jugulare tumor
Hemangioblastoma
Meningioma
Neurocytoma
Neurofibroma
Neurofibromatosis
Oligodendroglioma
PNET
Pituitary adenoma
Schwannoma
Trigeminal neuralgia
Vestibular schwannoma

Below is a list of some, but not all extracranial (outside of the head and brain) tumors and lesions that can be treated by the CyberKnife System:

Osteosarcoma
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Squamous cell carcinoma
Non-small cell lung cancer
Small-cell lung cancer
Pancreatic cancer
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Prostate cancer
Renal cell carcinoma
Colon cancer
Ovarian cancer
Uterine cancer
Arteriovenous malformation (AVM)

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