>> There is a treatment for cancer that's becoming more and more popular.
It's called Radiosurgery, and several different high-tech machines are available to do it. One of them is called Cyberknife.
He had gotten a very bleak diagnosis: inoperable cancer of the pancreas.
"So I said 'Doc, what does that mean?'" Fusco said. "And he said, 'I'm sorry to say that you only have four months to live.' And I just fell apart."
But Tony's close-knit family found an option for him at the Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, New Jersey: a stereotactic Radiosurgery tool called the Cyberknife. It's a robotic arm that delivers very precise doses of radiation.
"We can give a high-end dose in such a precise manner than we get the same results as if we had cut it out," Dr. Nathan Kaufman said.
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L36 Cyberknife Replacement Project
Bid Details
| Title: | L36 Cyberknife Replacement Project | |
| Bid type: | Bid | |
| Agency type: | State/Local | |
| Category: | Architect and Engineering | |
| State: | California | |
| Date entered: | 08/26/2008 | |
| Due Date: | 09/10/2008 |
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