Austin CyberKnife
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1400 North IH 35 Austin, TX 78701 (512) 324-8060 www.austincyberknife.com
Aus$n CyberKnife is a department of University Medical Center Brackenridge.
What is CyberKnife? The world’s only robo/c radiosurgery system, CyberKnife treats pa/ents with a procedure called stereotac(c radiosurgery. Stereotac/c radiosurgery is a noninvasive method of trea/ng tumors with high-‐dose radia/on precisely aimed from different angles.
How does CyberKnife work?
CyberKnife does not require surgery and there is no cu7ng or anesthesia required. Comprised of a compact linear accelerator -‐ a machine that generates a radia/on beam -‐ aDached to a highly maneuverable robo/c arm. • The machine’s robo/c arm moves around you, aiming
and firing target radia/on beams from numerous angles. • The imaging and tracking system con/nually updates the
tumor loca/on throughout the treatment procedure, compensa/ng for pa/ent movements like breathing.
• Treatment sessions typically last 30-‐90 minutes.
1400 North IH 35 Austin, TX 78701 (512) 324-8060 www.austincyberknife.com
1400 North IH 35 Austin, TX 78701 (512) 324-8060 www.austincyberknife.com
CyberKnife Stereotac(c Radiosurgery
Conven(onal Radia(on Therapy
Linac Stereotac(c Radiosurgery
Proton Therapy
Daily dose 5.0-‐2.0 Gy per frac/on
1.8-‐3.0 Gy per frac/on
5.0-‐20 Gy per frac/on
1.8-‐2.0 Gy per frac/on
Number of treatments 3-‐5 days 6-‐7 weeks 3-‐5 days 6-‐7 weeks
Accuracy ((ssue margin) 1.5 millimeters 20-‐30
millimeters 1-‐5 millimeters 20-‐30 millimeters
Number of radia(on beams 100-‐200+ beams 2-‐7 beams 5-‐15 beams 2-‐3 beams
Con(nuous correc(on for breathing and movement
YES NO NO NO
Why Choose CyberKnife?
• Treats pa/ents in as few as one to five visits • Pain free and requires no anesthesia • Minimal side effects • Outpa/ent procedure • Constantly corrects for tumor or pa/ent
movement throughout procedures
• Reaches most tumors from virtually unlimited direc/ons with robo/c mobility
• Minimizes radia/on exposures to surrounding healthy /ssue
• Lesions previously treated with maximum allowed radia/on doses may be treated
1400 North IH 35 Austin, TX 78701 (512) 324-8060 www.austincyberknife.com
What does CyberKnife treat? • Arteriovenous malforma/on • Bone metastases • Brain tumors
• Acous/c neuroma • Brain metastases • Gliomas
• Astrocytoma • Glioblastoma mul/forme • Glioma • oligodendroglioma
• Meningioma • Pituitary adenoma
• Kidney tumors • Liver tumors • Lung tumors • Ocular/orbital tumors • Prostate cancer • Pancrea/c cancer • Spinal tumors • Trigeminal neuralgia
1400 North IH 35 Austin, TX 78701 (512) 324-8060 www.austincyberknife.com
What is the treatment process?
Consulta/on Appointment
Meet with the CyberKnife team
Create an individualized treatment plan
Poten/al Pretreatment Procedures*
CT Scan MRI Lab Studies Tissue Markers
(extracranial tumors or lesions)
CyberKnife Treatment
Technicians help you onto the
treatment table
CyberKnife’s robo/c arm moves around you firing targeted radia/on
beams
The advanced tracking system takes x-‐ray
images to ensure the radia/on beam
remains locked on the tumor
If needed, the pa/ent returns for
up to 4 more treatments.
Follow-‐up Follow-‐up imaging
and physical consulta/on to monitor tumor’s
progress
*The procedures required as part of your individualized treatment plan, and the order in which they will occur, will be explained during your consulta/on visit.
1400 North IH 35 Austin, TX 78701 (512) 324-8060 www.austincyberknife.com
Our Center Opened in 2011, Aus/n CyberKnife was the first in the greater Aus/n area, as well as the central Texas region, to offer CyberKnife treatment giving our physicians the most experience trea/ng pa/ents with stereotac/c radiosurgery treatment. We are one of the first centers in the world to install the Lung Op/miza/on Treatment (LOT) system, which expands our ability to treat lung tumors in certain types of pa/ents. Although CyberKnife treatment does not require anesthesia, our center is one of the only facili/es in the country that provides general anesthesia for pa/ents who may need to be sedated during treatment. Aus/n CyberKnife is a department of University Medical Center Brackenridge. The hospital is a member of the Seton Healthcare Family, which is a Na/onal Cancer Ins/tute Community Cancer Centers Program site.
Medical Director: Dr. Doug Rivera CyberKnife Nurse: Lori Eitelbach, RN Medical Physicist: Jim Hevezi, PhD Connect with us
1400 North IH 35 Austin, TX 78701 (512) 324-8060 www.austincyberknife.com
The US Radiosurgery Network
In partnership with University Medical Center Brackenridge, Aus/n CyberKnife is a US Radiosurgery facility. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, US Radiosurgery is a division of Alliance Oncology and partners with hospitals and physician groups around the U.S. to develop and operate full-‐body radiosurgical centers. Collec(vely, the US Radiosurgery network of centers has treated thousands of pa(ents since the opening of the company’s first center in 2003. The group of facili/es is ac/vely engaged in research, with physicians regularly presen/ng papers and authoring ar/cles related to the efficacy of CyberKnife treatment for various types of tumors and lesions. Tumors of the lung, brain and prostate, as well as certain func/onal disorders such as trigeminal neuralgia, have become key treatment areas throughout the network of centers.
1400 North IH 35 Austin, TX 78701 (512) 324-8060 www.austincyberknife.com
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