Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Cyberknife surgery revolutionizes radiation

from The Frederick News-Post:

>>A 22-year-old young woman, with much of life ahead, was diagnosed with a tumor near her pituitary gland located in the base of the brain. She could either undergo an operation and risk losing her eyesight and the ability to have children, or she could try a new, cyberknife radiation treatment.

She chose the latter. Six years later, she's given birth to two healthy children and still has her eyesight. The tumor has not returned.

The cyberknife program has been at Frederick Memorial Hospital's Cancer Center for nearly a year.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

CyberKnife seems to be becoming the standard of care for many types of cancer. Not sure about pancreatic, but I find it hard to beleive that a reputable oncologist could not be aware of this technology.
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