What is cyber knife treatment?

Cyberknife treatment is a non-invasive and painless treatment for cancerous as well as non cancerous tumors and conditions . this treatment is not a surgical process as there is no cutting involved in it. This system is used to treat conditions in the brain but not limited to benign and malignant tumors , trigeminal neuralgia, acoustic neuromas and AVMs. This procedure is also utilized to treat complex neurosurgical cases too. It is considered as the alternative for offering radiation with a high level of precision needed for SRS, i.e. stereotactic radiosurgery .this treatment is used when more invasive techniques seem to be too risky as this is the best treatment for those who cannot undergo surgical process because of

• Size and location of the tumor
• Health of patient
• Prior surgery or radiotherapy
• Avoiding surgery

How cyberknife works?

Cyberknife is a noninvasive technique and has X-ray cameras to monitor the position of the tumor . It has sensors that monitor the patient’s breathing and this help robot to reposition the radiotherapy beam all throughout the treatment to reduce damage to healthy tissues. The best part of cyberknife is that it moves with the patient’s breathing and track a moving tumor easily. The process also allows more significant fractions of radiotherapy to be offered owing to its pinpoint accuracy and the patient will need to have fewer hospital visits. the process involves delivering beams of high dose radiation to tumor cells to destroy them and prevent them from rep[ring themselves or reproducing. Because of cyberknife accuracy, advanced imaging and robotics techniques, the beams are delivered with pinpoint accuracy directly to the target area. It helps to preserve the healthy tissues in the patient’s body that surrounds tumors.

When is cyberknife treatment used?

Cyberknife treatment is done to treat both cancerous as well as non cancerous tumors in any part of the body. This process is an option for traditional surgery for patients with inoperable tumors . It is also an alternative in those cases in which surgery could be complex or can be dangerous. The best part of cyberknife is that it offers a shorter more effective of course of treatment in comparison to external beam radiation therapy. Doctors recommend Cyberknife treatment in some cases and is used to treat areas counting :

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

Cyberknife treatment cost in India

CyberKnife treatment cost in India is USD 7000 to USD 8000 and is an outpatient treatment which is undertaken in one to six sessions. This is considered as the more comfortable treatment for the patients as in many other cancer treatments; it requires the patient to be immobile all through the process. On the other hand, cyberknife treatment offers free motion provided by its robotic arm and gives the patient more latitude to rest comfortably all throughout the treatment.

Advantages of Cyberknife treatment

Latest cyberknife treatment enables treatments not only in specific areas of the brain but also in all areas of the spine and spinal cord or else in many other body parts. the main benefits of this procedure is that it is done in such a way that it directly offer beam to the target area without damaging healthy tissues in the surrounding regions.

Some of the benefits of cyberknife treatment are

• Pain-free
• Non-invasive
• No anesthesia
• Outpatient process
• No rehabilitation
• no head frame
• Little or no recovery time
• Treat a variety of tumors and cancers
• Five or fewer treatments
• Shorter treatment time
• Fewer side effects

Traditional treatment comprises of a combination of surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy; also, it has many side effects like hair loss and nausea. This kind of therapy harms healthy tissue also which surrounds the tumor and also results in dry skin, blistering, peeling and itching. This traditional removal needs anesthesia, incisions as well as stitches and result in lengthy recovery time. In comparison to the traditional method, cyberknife is non invasive method, and the best part is that patients return to daily living directly following the treatment. The imaging software of the procedure allows patients to move, high dose radiation beams with pinpoint precision. It does not damage the healthy tissues surrounding the tumor. At last, we can say cyberknife let patients relax all through the process without any uncomfortable restraints.