CyberKnife® is a nonsurgical, painless technology that can reduce or eliminate certain lesions and tumors, many previously considered inoperable anywhere in the body. A sophisticated robotic radiosurgery system, CyberKnife can also offer significantly fewer complications and lower risk than open surgery.
Long a leader in pioneering innovative treatments and technologies, Georgetown University Hospital is among the most experienced in the world with CyberKnife. With one CyberKnife available at the hospital since 2002 and a second added in 2007, these systems have proven so effective that Georgetown's team of specialists performs more than 120 treatments each month. 
Also available at Georgetown University Hospital is the Synchrony® Respiratory Tracking System. It moves with breathing, vastly improving CyberKnife's ability to target tumors anywhere in the body. Georgetown was the first hospital on the East Coast to offer the CyberKnife with Synchrony, giving some patients with hard-to-reach or difficult tumors another significant treatment option —and new hope for the future.
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What will the CyberKnife Treat?
The following are some of the conditions that will be treated by CyberKnife at Georgetown:
- Intracranial tumors and lesions
- Extracranial tumors and lesions
- Spine cancer and spinal cord tumors
- Malignant tumors (primary & metastases)
- Benign Tumors
- Acoustic Neuromas
- Schwannomas
- Meningiomas
- Pituitary Adenomas
- Arterial Venous Malformations
- Functional Disorders (Trigeminal Neuralgia)
- Early stage Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Solitary or limited pulmonary metastases
- Previously irradiated thoracic malignancies
- Sarcomas
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Hepatocellular CA
- Adrenal tumors
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Two Words - CyberKnife Radio Spot Cyberknife, a non-surgical procedure at Georgetown University Hospital, is giving hope to patients with inoperable tumors. No pain, and a quick recovery time, are making for a faster return to normal, healthy living. |
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Graduation - CyberKnife Radio Spot Cyberknife is a non-surgical procedure that targets and destroys tumors using precise, targeted radiation |
The CyberKnife Society
CyberKnife® Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing together diverse medical professionals affiliated with radiosurgery worldwide to foster scholarly exchange of clinical information, and to educate the general public with patient information on treating medical conditions such as cancers, lesions & tumors anywhere throughout the body using the CyberKnife®, most of which are unreachable by other stereotactic systems.
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We're only a phone call away!
For more information about the medical treatment or diagnosis of lung or prostate cancer using CyberKnife® or to schedule an evaluation with one of our physicians, call Georgetown M.D. — a free physician referral service staffed by nurse counselors. We can put you in contact with the doctor who best meets your personal and medical needs, and can arrange an appointment. All physicians involved in Georgetown M.D. are associated with Georgetown University Hospital. |
