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A Robotic Cyberknife To Fight Cancer

Posted by samzenpus on from the how-is-it-at-starting-a-fire dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "The Cyberknife is not a real knife. This is a robot radiotherapy machine which works with great accuracy during treatment, thanks to its robotic arm which moves around a patient when he breathes. According to BBC News, the first Cyberknife will be operational in February 2009 in London, UK. But other machines have been installed in more than 15 countries, and have permitted doctors to treat 50,000 patients in the first semester of 2008. And the Cyberknife is more efficient than conventional radiotherapy devices. The current systems require twenty or more short sessions with low-dose radiation. On the contrary, and because it's extremely precise, a Cyberknife can deliver powerful radiation in just three sessions."

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  1. I was JUST looking at this by Datamonstar · · Score: 1, Interesting

    on our hospital intraweb. We're doing a re-cap of the year and I happened to see something about our "Cyberknife" center. Low-and-behold, I log into /. to waste some... er... research a bit and here it is again! Pretty interesting stuff. Perhaps I can get a tour of the facility here some time.

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  2. I tried.. by symbolset · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I tried to get an appointment with my doctor to get this treatment, but I have no coverage. The only doctor who would talk to me offered an appointment on 12/22/2012. Should I be concerned?

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