The short answer, according to the experts at the CyberKnife Center of Miami is, yes, you absolutely can.
CyberKnife Miami is a premier and the leading cancer radiation treatment center in South Florida where we treat metastatic, lung, brain, pancreatic, liver, prostate and spine cancers as well as non-cancerous tumors, and we’re asked that question a lot.
“Can I continue working, working out, or go about my daily business, during treatment?”
Yes you can and for that reason, and because CyberKnife therapy requires many fewer treatments, are among the many reasons patients choose CyberKnife over other types of radiation therapy.
But don’t take our word for it. Listen to patients like Maria, a mother of two who was diagnosed with an inoperable schwannoma tumor, a type of benign tumor of the nerve sheath, on her spine, just centimeters from her heart.
“My doctor explained that surgery could leave me paralyzed, or that I could experience severe bleeding in the operating room,” Maria, a CyberKnife patient, explains on the CyberKnife website.
The CyberKnife Solution
CyberKnife offered her a non-invasive solution that would also give her the best chance of avoiding any future procedures.
“CyberKnife is the most refined way to target a tumor and minimize radiation doses to normal tissue and surrounding organs,” says to Dr. Mark Pomper, board-certified radiation oncologist and medical director of the CyberKnife Center of Miami.
CyberKnife is a form of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) and is backed by more than three decades of research.
CyberKnife’s missile guidance technology tracks a tumor’s movement in real time. The technology delivers radiation directly to the tumor, while leaving healthy surrounding tissue unharmed. This way it can deliver the highest dose of radiation possible, with little if any downtime. It also means no incisions, no anesthesia, no long recovery periods, fewer treatments and less risk of side effects.
“CyberKnife treatment is completely pain free. There’s no cutting, incisions, blood, anesthesia, catheters and little if any recovery time,” CyberKnife Miami experts say.
And for Maria, that meant she could work and spend time with her family during her treatment.
Cancer Treatment During Lunch Hour
“I was able to undergo my CyberKnife treatments during my lunch hour and would then head right back to work. I was amazed that I didn’t feel a thing,” Maria, a CyberKnife patient explains on the CyberKnife website. “After work I was a little tired and took a nap, but otherwise there were no side effects. It was so convenient, and I felt great throughout the entire process.”
And she credits CyberKnife with saving her life.
“I would not be alive without CyberKnife. I firmly believe that it saved my life,” Maria says. “Not that many people know about their treatment options and I want to help as many people as I can, who find themselves in similar situations.”
South Florida Cancer Treatment Center
If you or someone you love wants more information about how CyberKnife can help you, there’s no better team than the experts at CyberKnife Miami.
We opened our doors more than 20 years ago and were the first CyberKnife center to open in the Southeast.
We treat patients from Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Monroe counties as well as patients from across the country and the world.
CyberKnife Miami has helped thousands of patients – even patients who were told they couldn’t have any more radiation and patients whose tumors were deemed inoperable, like lung cancer patients and lymph node cancer patients.
CyberKnife treatment can also be done on its own or in combination with other therapies depending on the type of cancer.
Call CyberKnife Miami to find out if we can help you, or to get a second opinion and go to our website right now for more information 305-279-2900. www.cyberknifemiami.com