If you are interested in discussing the CyberKnife® Robotic Radiosurgery System as a treatment option with your doctor, below are printable documents that have been created for you to share with your physician.  Included are CyberKnife info sheets by treatment site as well as clinical articles that support the efficacy of the System.

Additionally, there are several journal articles discussing the use of the CyberKnife System that are available on PubMed. PubMed provides links to downloadable PDFs which are usually available from the individual journals for a fee. Summaries of the articles are also available to review, free of charge.

• Prostate Information
• Lung Information
• Brain Information
• Spine Information
• Liver Information
• Pancreas Information
• Kidney Information
• Other Information

Prostate Information

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CyberKnife for Prostate Cancer (Info Sheet) - PDF
Monotherapy for Low-Risk Prostate Cancer (Case Study) - PDF
Low-Risk Organ-Confined Prostrate Cancer (Case Study) - PDF
Flexibility of Prostate Treatment Planning and Delivery for CyberKnife Radiology (White Paper) - PDF

 

Available on PubMed:

 

Virtual HDR CyberKnife Treatment for Localized Prostatic Carcinoma, April 2008

Lung Information

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CyberKnife for Lung Cancer (Info Sheet) - PDF
Synchronous Bilateral Stage IA Non-Small Cell Carcinoma (Case Study) - PDF 
Non-Small Cell Lung-Cancer (Case Study) - PDF

 

Available on PubMed:

 

Radiology Today: Lung Cancer – A Pittsburg Rad Therapist’s Experience With the Latest Stereotactic Radiosurgery/Vol.5 No. 25, Dec. 2004. W. Vogel, RT
Cancer: Radiosurgery for the Treatment of Single Lung Metastases, December 2006
Radical Stereotactic Radiosurgery with Real-Time Tumor Motion Tracking in the Treatment of Small Peripheral Lung Tumors, Oct. 2007
Accuracy of Tumor Motion Compensation Algorithim from a Robotic Respiratory Tracking System: A Simulation Study, July 2007

 

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Brain Information

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CyberKnife for Brain Cancer (Info Sheet) - PDF
Optic Apparatus Meningioma (Case Study) - PDF
Pediatric Anaplastic Astrocytoma (Case Study) - PDF

 

Available on PubMed:

 

Neurosurgery: Clinical Studies-Staged Stereotactic Irradiation for Acoustic Neuroma, June 2005
Neurosurgery: Visual Field Preservation after Multisession CyberKnife Radiosurgery for Perioptic Lesions, August 2006

Spine Information

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CyberKnife for Spine Cancer (Info Sheet) - PDF 
T6 Spinal Solitary Breast Metastasis (Case Study) - PDF
Spinal Arteriovenous Malformation (Case Study) - PDF

 

Available on PubMed:

 

CyberKnife Stereotactic Radiosurgical Treatment of Spinal Tumors for Pain Control and Quality of Life, May 2005
Radiosurgery for Spinal Metastasis: Clinical Experience in 500 Cases from a Single Institution

 

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Liver Information

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Seminars in Radiation Oncology: Tracking Moving Organs in Real Time, Jan. 2004

Pancreas Information

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Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma (Case Study) - PDF

 

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International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Improved Local Control with Stereotactic
Radiosurgery in Patients with Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer, March 2004

Kidney Information

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Primary Renal Cell Carcinoma (Case Study) - PDF

 

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Urology: Initial Evaluation of CyberKnife Technology for Extracorporeal Renal Tissue Ablation, March 2003

Other Information

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Para-Aortic Lymph Node Metastasis (Case Study) - PDF
Recurrent Ovarian Carcinoma (Case Study) - PDF