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Targeting Tumors That Move

The CyberKnife delivers the right dose to the right place at the right time.
  • Tumors that move with respiration are difficult to target because of uncertainty of location 
  • Breathing compensation techniques such as respiratory gating and breath holding demand large planning margins
The CyberKnife's precise, noncoplanar beam delivery is the proven approach for safe delivery of radiosurgery and has been demonstrated by more than 30 years of radiosurgical studies.  This enables greater dose conformality, enhances rapid dose fall-off which both reduces potential for damage to surrounding healthy tissues and organs (critical structure toxicity).

 

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