If you were skydiving, would you trust your life with a brand-new, never-tested parachute technology or would you ask for a parachute that has a proven safety record.
Unless you’re a daredevil, you’d likely choose the later – something that’s tried and true.
And while that’s an extreme example, the experts at the CyberKnife Center of Miami – the leading cancer radiation treatment center in South Florida – think you should do the same with your cancer treatment. We believe you should choose a treatment backed by years of data and studies to give you the best shot at beating your cancer – a treatment like CyberKnife.
CyberKnife: 30 Years of Research
CyberKnife pinpoints radiation directly on a tumor with a technology called stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT). It can be used to treat patients with prostate, lung, brain, spine, head and neck, liver, pancreas and kidney cancers. It can also be an alternative to surgery, or it can also be used for patients where surgery may not be an option.
According to Accuray, the maker of CyberKnife, there are nearly three decades of research showing how CyberKnife has benefitted patients with prostate, lung, brain, spine, head and neck, liver, pancreas and kidney cancers. It can be an alternative to surgery and can also be used for patients where surgery may not be an option.
In fact, according to CyberKnife, there have been more than 60 studies completed on brain and spine cancer, 25 on abdominal cancer, 22 on pelvic cancer, 16 on lung cancer and the list goes on and on to include breast cancer, ocular cancer and even veterinary oncology.
CyberKnife: Patient Success Stories
The research speaks for itself, but patient stories also point to the success of CyberKnife.
Melina had melanoma – a deadly form of skin cancer. She was treated for it and thought she was cancer free until she began getting headaches. That’s when CT scans revealed multiple tumors in her brain. She had a four-centimeter tumor surgically removed. Then her radiation oncologist told her about CyberKnife, which she says he called “the Ferrari machine of radiation.”
He used CyberKnife to target six other smaller tumors.
“It’s hard to believe really that I’m really alive,” Melina says. She credits her treatments and her family for her survival.
Miranda, was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was 32 years old. After treatments with surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, she was told her cancer was in remission. Eight years later she found out her cancer had spread to her bones, liver, pleura and brain.
Doctors used CyberKnife for the cancer in her brain. “With CyberKnife, I’ve been stable,” Miranda says. “It was literally a life saver.”
And Peter, who was 55 years old when diagnosed with prostate cancer, credits his successful treatment for prostate cancer to CyberKnife. “In the aftermath of my treatment, I still have my potency and I’m not incontinent,” Peter says.
CyberKnife Miami
At CyberKnife Miami, we see the impact of the research on CyberKnife because we have been at the forefront of that research. We also see success stories as a result of that research and our decades of experience treating patients. In fact, at CyberKnife Miami, we often see patients who were turned away from other centers and told there was no hope. Our team believes there is always hope, and we often can give it to patients who are told there is none.
Most often, because of CyberKnife technology, at the very least we can buy patients precious time, the greatest gift of all.
If you would like to find out if we can help you or a loved one call CyberKnife Miami and set up a consultation, or just to talk to our team to get a second opinion. Our number is 305-279-2900, and go to our website now for more information www.cyberknifemiami.com.