CyberKnife

CyberKnife at St. Marys of Michigan, available in May 2008, brings new hope to people dealing with cancerous and non-cancerous tumors as well as other select medical conditions. CyberKnife at St. Mary's of Michigan is only the second such system in the state and the only one north of Ann Arbor. It is the first radiosurgery system which is so precise that it's able to target small and complex tumors and lesions anywhere in the body, including the neck, spine, lung and prostate. Thanks to CyberKnife, tumors that were once considered inoperable may now be treatable.

One of the most gratifying things in regards to CyberKnife treatment is that it has given physicians the opportunity to help patients who couldn't be helped before. Now we can offer hope and we can change lives at the CyberKnife Treatment Center at St. Marys of Michigan.

CyberKnife Radiosurgery is a painless, non-invasive radiation treatment that can be used as an alternative to open surgery in certain cases. The CyberKnife uses image-guided robotics to non-invasively destroy tumors and other lesions with multiple beams of high-energy radiation. The cumulative effect of all the beams at the target results in the lesion receiving a very high dose of radiation while nearby normal tissue is preserved.

Cyberknife radiosurgery uses sub-millimeter clinical accuracy that is so precise it can match the shape of small complex tumors located in critical structures. This ability allows the CyberKnife to treat lesions that may be considered inoperable or untreatable with other radiosurgery systems.

CyberKnife is located at the St. Mary's of Michigan Seton Cancer Institute, 800 S. Washington, Saginaw. For more information about the CyberKnife system, call (989) 907-8115.

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• CyberKnife
• GammaKnife
• cancer
• treatment
• tumors
• inoperable
• lesions
• radiation