by CyberKnife Miami | Feb 14, 2020 | CyberKnife Center of Miami, Trigeminal Neuralgia
The largest nerve in the human head is the Trigeminal Nerve. It stems from the brain and controls sensations to the face. While most of us are feeling the warmth of the sun or a sweet caress on our cheek, about 1 in 15,000 people are experiencing excruciating pain...
by CyberKnife Miami | Feb 5, 2020 | CyberKnife Center of Miami, CyberKnife News, CyberKnife to Treat Cancer
While receiving radiation treatment for any cancerous disease, patients put everything at risk to be cured. A standard linear accelerator (LINAC), the device most commonly used for radiation treatments for cancer patients, delivers high-energy electromagnetic waves to...
by CyberKnife Miami | Feb 3, 2020 | Bladder Cancer, Cancer, Cancer Treatment, CyberKnife and Medicare, CyberKnife Center of Miami, CyberKnife to Treat Cancer, CyberKnife Treatment, Kidney Cancer, Lung Cancer
Hearing the words, “you have cancer” just once in your life is scary enough. Hearing it a 2nd time and yet a 3rd time can be devastating and cause severe depression. However, cancer patient Kerstin Nordh is not about to let the Big C get her down even though years ago...
by CyberKnife Miami | Nov 25, 2019 | Cancer Treatment, CyberKnife Center of Miami, CyberKnife to Treat Cancer
While many people have heard of CyberKnife, they couldn’t explain exactly what it is other than some new way to treat cancer. CyberKnife treatments are much more than that. For some people, it is a way to avoid traditional cancer treatments that can be quite brutal on...
by CyberKnife Miami | Nov 25, 2019 | Cancer, Cancer Research, Cancer Treatment
Contrary to popular belief, the term “cancer” doesn’t refer to one type of disease, but rather to a large group of diseases. Cancers happen when cells suddenly divide quickly and abnormally, and they can spread to other tissues and organs. Whereas normal cells divide...
by CyberKnife Miami | Nov 21, 2019 | Cervical Cancer, CyberKnife Center of Miami
First, some good news: Thanks to the widespread use of the Pap smear, the incidence and mortality rate from cervical cancer has significantly decreased in the U.S. over the past 60 years. Nevertheless, approximately 11,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer...
by CyberKnife Miami | Nov 20, 2019 | Cancer, Cancer Treatment, Lung Cancer
Lung cancer kills more people than breast, cervical, prostate and melanoma cancers combined yet few of us know it. Being diagnosed with lung cancer is terrifying but it doesn’t have to be a death sentence any more. Since November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month,...
by CyberKnife Miami | Nov 15, 2019 | Breast Cancer, Radiation Therapy
One in every eight women – and one in every 883 men – will develop breast cancer at some point over the course of their lifetime. Not only that, but the rate of increase in breast cancer diagnoses in the U.S. has more than quadrupled between 1970 and today....
by CyberKnife Miami | Nov 8, 2019 | CyberKnife to Treat Cancer, Prostate Cancer
If there is one form of cancer that is top-of-mind to men of a certain age, it’s prostate cancer – and with good cause. About one in nine men will be diagnosed with the disease within their lifetime, so it’s important for men to be vigilant in looking for any signs...
by CyberKnife Miami | Nov 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
In recent decades, advances in medical technology have made treatment for cancerous tumors much more tolerable and in many cases, all the more effective. This is particularly true when it comes to the use of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) – particularly...
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