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
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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, Intl. J. of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, Apr. 2008. Click here
- Stereotactic body radiotherapy: an emerging treatment approach for localized prostate cancer, Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment, Oct. 2009. Click here
- Stereotactic body radiotherapy for organ-confined prostate cancer. BMC Urology, February 2010. Click here
- Acute toxicity after CyberKnife-delivered hypofractionated radiotherapy for treatment of prostate cancer. Am. Clin Oncol January 2010. Click here
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Lung Information
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Available on PubMed:
- Radical Stereotactic Radiosurgery with Real-Time Tumor Motion Tracking in the Treatment of Small Peripheral Lung Tumors, Radiation Oncology, Oct. 2007. Click here
- Accuracy of Tumor Motion Compensation Algorithim from a Robotic Respiratory Tracking System: A Simulation Study, Medical Physics, July 2007. Click here
- Radical CyberKnife radiosurgery with tumor tracking: an effective treatment for inoperable small peripheral stage I non-small cell lung cancer, J. of Hematology & Oncology, Jan. 2009. Click here
- Stereotactic radiotherapy with real-time tumor tracking for non-small cell lung cancer: Clinical outcome. Radiother Oncol. June 2009. Click here
- Stereotactic body radiotherapy using real-time tumor tracking in octogenarians with non-small cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer, January 2010. Click here
- Quality of life after stereotactic radiotherapy for stage I non-small-cell lung cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, May 2010. Click here
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Brain, Head & Neck Information
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Available on PubMed:
- Clinical Studies-Staged Stereotactic Irradiation for Acoustic Neuroma, Neurosurgery, June 2005. Click here
- Visual Field Preservation after Multisession CyberKnife Radiosurgery for Perioptic Lesions, Neurosurgery, Aug. 2006. Click here
- Cost-effectiveness analysis for trigeminal neuralgia: CyberKnife vs microvascular decompression, Neuropsychiatric Disease & Treatment, June 2008. Click here
- CyberKnife radiosurgery for benign meningiomas: short-term results in 199 patients, Neurosurgery, Feb. 2009. Click here
- Quality of radiosurgery for single brain metastases with respect to treatment technology: a matched-pair analysis, J. of Neuro-oncology, Aug. 2009. Click here
- Nonisocentric radiosurgical rhizotomy for trigeminal neuralgia, Neurosurgery, Feb. 2009. Click here
- Early results of CyberKnife radiosurgery for arteriovenous malformations, J. of Neurosurgery, Oct. 2009. Click here
- Robotic radiosurgery vs. brachytherapy as a boost to intensity modulated radiotherapy for tonsillar fossa and soft palate tumors: the clinical and economic impact of an emerging technology, Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment, Dec. 2007. Click here
- Treatment techniques and site considerations regarding dysphagia-related quality of life in cancer of the oropharynx and nasopharynx, Intl. J. of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, Nov. 2008. Click here
- Excellent local control with stereotactic radiotherapy boost after external beam radiotherapy in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma, Intl. J. of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, June 2008. Click here
- Stereotactic body radiotherapy for recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: results of a phase I dose-escalation trial, Intl. J. of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, Dec. 2009. Click here
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Spine Information
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Available on PubMed:
- Radiosurgery for Spinal Metastasis: Clinical Experience in 500 Cases from a Single Institution, Spine, Jan. 2007. Click here
- Treatment of spinal tumors using CyberKnife fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery: pain and quality-of-life assessment after treatment in 200 patients, Neurosurgery, Feb. 2009. Click here
- Stereotactic body radiotherapy is effective salvage therapy for patients with prior radiation of spinal metastases, Intl. J. of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, July 2009. Click here
- Delayed radiation-induced myelopathy after spinal radiosurgery, Neurosurgery, Feb. 2009. Click here
- Cost-utility analysis of the CyberKnife System for metastatic spinal tumors, Neurosurgery, Feb. 2009. Click here
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Liver Information
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- Tracking moving organs in real time, Seminars in Radiation Oncology, Jan. 2004. Click here
- Stereotactic body radiation therapy with or without transarterial chemoembolization for patients with primary hepatocellular carcinoma: preliminary analysis, BMC Cancer, Nov. 2008. Click here
- Dose-escalation study of single-fraction stereotactic body radiotherapy for liver malignancies, Intl. J. of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, March 2010 in press. Click here
- Frameless single-session robotic radiosurgery of liver metastases in colorectal cancer patients, European J. of Cancer, April 2010. Click here
- Dose-escalation study of single-fraction stereotactic body radiotherapy for liver malignancies. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, March 2010. Click here.
- Frameless single-session robotic radiosurgery of liver metastases in colorectal cancer patients. Eur J Cancer, February 2010. Click here
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Pancreas Information
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Available on PubMed:
- Improved local control with stereotactic radiosurgery in patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer, Intl. J. of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, Mar. 2004. Click here
- Stereotactic radiotherapy for unresectable adenocarcinoma of the pancreas, Cancer, Feb 2009. Click here
- Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy and Gemcitabine for Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer, Intl. J. of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, Feb 2010. Click here
- Stereotactic body radiotherapy and gemcitabine for locally advanced pancreatic cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, February 2010. Click here
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Kidney Information
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Available on PubMed:
- Initial Evaluation of CyberKnife Technology for Extracorporeal Renal Tissue Ablation, Urology, Mar. 2003. Click here
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Other Information
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