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The benefits of CyberKnife
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Benefits of the CyberKnife
CyberKnife of Michigan offers hope for many patients with tumors previously considered inoperable.

Benefits for Patients
Because the CyberKnife is non-invasive,it has significantly fewer complications than traditional open surgery and can often achieve comparable or better outcomes.

Other benefits to the patient may include :
  • No Incisions
  • No Pain
  • Bloodless Procedure
  • No Stereotactic Frame (as used with the Gamma Knife)
  • No Anesthesia
  • No Recovery Time
  • Immediate Return to Normal Activity
  • Radiation beams may be adjusted to avoid critical structures and organs
  • Dosage distributions adjusted to minimize radiation exposure to surrounding healthy tissue
  • Treatment of lesions untreatable by open surgery or other radiosurgical systems
  • Lesions that have previously undergone the maximum allowed dose of radiation can be treated


Benefits for Physicians
  • Treat complex tumors previously considered inoperable because of complexity or proximity to critical structures.
  • Treat tumors virtually anywhere on the body.
  • Flexibility in treatments.
  • Flexibility in dosage—physician may specify single dose or fractionate therapy.


More Info

Ed Lane
CHESANING, MI
First CyberKnife Patient
62-year old Ed Lane of Chesaning had life saving brain surgery on a Wednesday afternoon ... and then went home and mowed his lawn.

"I'm just amazed that you can go in there and have something like that done and come home and just live your life normally," Ed says.

READ MORE ...


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