A Robotic Cyberknife To Fight Cancer

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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Re:Not a perfect solution, but a nice step

[Anonymous Coward]

First post. You can has it.

OT: Greasemonkey fix for new /. user page

[PCM2]

Sorry this is off topic, but I've just been so frustrated with the new User page that I decided to whack out a Greasemonkey script that would fix it back to the old behavior. When you install this script, clicking your username in the upper lefthand corner should take you to the Comments tab (the way it used to), instead of the near-useless Firehose tab, thus saving you a click.

You can download the script here. Sorry, the script is pretty crude because I don't really know what I'm doing in Greasemonkey, but it's working for me right now. If it doesn't work for you, or you have other changes/comments, you can contact me via my site and let me know.

By the way, before you install random Greasemonkey scripts from random sites (like mine), you should probably click on the button to view the source first, to make sure it isn't doing anything nasty.

What's a 'Roboti Coverlord'?

[Bootle]

Sounds hot!

Re:Not a perfect solution, but a nice step

[MyLongNickName]

First 2009 post (eastern time zone)?