Sunday, February 8, 2009

CK installed in the UK?

According to this source, it seems that the first CK is now installed in the UK:

>>UK docs to use ”Cyberknife” to treat cancer

London, February 8 (ANI): Doctors in Britain will for the first time use a robotic radiotherapy machine to treat cancer this week.

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Ten people are lined up for treatment in the Harley Street Clinic in London, at a cost per patient of 15,000 to 20,000 pounds.
Dr. Nick Plowman, a consultant oncologist at St Bartholomew’’s hospital, who will oversee the treatment.
“If you get a discreet little tumour in an awkward place, under the liver or next to the kidney, then there’’s really nothing better than the Cyberknife,” the Telegraph quoted him as saying.

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see also the previous posts on this matter:

http://nortiaresearch.blogspot.com/2009/01/breakthroughs-that-will-change-lives-in.html


http://nortiaresearch.blogspot.com/2008/12/cyberknife-boost-to-cancer-care.html

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