CyberKnife® Stereotactic Radiosurgery System

CyberKnife® is a nonsurgical, painless technology that can reduce or eliminate certain lesions and tumors, many previously considered inoperable anywhere in the body. A sophisticated robotic radiosurgery system, CyberKnife can also offer significantly fewer complications and lower risk than open surgery.

Long a leader in pioneering innovative treatments and technologies, Georgetown University Hospital is among the most experienced in the world with CyberKnife. With one CyberKnife available at the hospital since 2002 and a second added in 2007, these systems have proven so effective that Georgetown's team of specialists performs more than 120 treatments each month.

Also available at Georgetown University Hospital is the Synchrony® Respiratory Tracking System. It moves with breathing, vastly improving CyberKnife's ability to target tumors anywhere in the body. Georgetown was the first hospital on the East Coast to offer the CyberKnife with Synchrony, giving some patients with hard-to-reach or difficult tumors another significant treatment option —and new hope for the future.

Greg Gagnon, M.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Medicine CyberKnife as Stereotactic Radiosurgery print video transcript

CyberKnife is described as stereotactic radiosurgery? What is that?

How is the CyberKnife easier on the patient than other radiosurgery techniques?

Where in the body is CyberKnife most effective?

I've heard that Georgetown University Hospital has two CyberKnife machines. How will that help me as a patient?

Why are the many years of experience Georgetown has with CyberKnife beneficial to me?

I have heard that CyberKnife  is "experimental." That's not true?

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What will the CyberKnife Treat?
The following are some of the conditions that will be treated by CyberKnife at Georgetown:

• Intracranial tumors and lesions
• Extracranial tumors and lesions
• Spine cancer and spinal cord tumors
• Malignant tumors (primary & metastases)
• Benign Tumors
• Acoustic Neuromas
• Schwannomas
• Meningiomas
• Pituitary Adenomas
• Arterial Venous Malformations
• Functional Disorders (Trigeminal Neuralgia)
• Early stage Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
• Solitary or limited pulmonary metastases
• Previously irradiated thoracic malignancies
• Sarcomas
• Pancreatic Cancer
• Hepatocellular CA
• Adrenal tumors 

Patient Stories

Article Pancreatic Cancer Patient Back on the Links Article Former Smokers Swear by Synchrony Roberta Juchnewicz Article Former Smokers Swear by Synchrony Oscar Reynolds Article Prostate Cancer Patient — Back at Sea Frederick Hallett, 79 Article Brain and Prostate Cancer Patient Raymond Jiguere Article Prostate Cancer Patient — "Cyberknife Saved My Life" Thomas Bennett, 65

Resources

Press Releases: (July 18, 2008) Georgetown Only CyberKnife Center in Mid-Atlantic Treating Children With Targeted Non-Surgical Radiation (May 7, 2008) CyberKnife for Prostate Cancer Studied (September 6, 2007) CyberKnife Use Outside of the Brain Increases to 57 Percent of All CK Cases at Georgetown (July 19, 2007) Pancreatic Cancer: Catching it Sooner and Saving Lives (July 13, 2007)First Patient Treated With Second CyberKnife Now Operating at Georgetown (June 13, 2007) Georgetown's Second CyberKnife Ready To Go July 2007 (February 20, 2007) Pancreatic Cancer: A Silent Killer (March 16, 2006) CyberKnife Zaps More Tumors in Hard to Reach Places as GUH Docs Pioneer New Techniques (March 16, 2006) Liver Cancer New Target of Cyberknife Study (August 20, 2004) New CyberKnife Treatment Attacks Tumors That Move While Patients Breathe

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Radio Spot
	Two Words - CyberKnife Radio Spot Cyberknife, a non-surgical procedure at Georgetown University Hospital, is giving hope to patients with inoperable tumors. No pain, and a quick recovery time, are making for a faster return to normal, healthy living.

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	Graduation - CyberKnife Radio Spot Cyberknife is a non-surgical procedure that targets and destroys tumors using precise, targeted radiation

The CyberKnife Society
CyberKnife® Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing together diverse medical professionals affiliated with radiosurgery worldwide to foster scholarly exchange of clinical information, and to educate the general public with patient information on treating medical conditions such as cancers, lesions & tumors anywhere throughout the body using the CyberKnife®, most of which are unreachable by other stereotactic systems.

Next Steps

We're only a phone call away! For more information about the medical treatment or diagnosis of lung or prostate cancer using CyberKnife® or to schedule an evaluation with one of our physicians, call Georgetown M.D. — a free physician referral service staffed by nurse counselors. We can put you in contact with the doctor who best meets your personal and medical needs, and can arrange an appointment. All physicians involved in Georgetown M.D. are associated with Georgetown University Hospital.