Cyberknife of Long Island's Team Approach

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CyberKnife of Long Island's treatment utilizes a team approach where medical experts collaborate with you as their central focus. Team members may include a surgeon, radiation oncologist, medical oncologist, medical physicist, nurse, radiation therapist and other team members within the clinic.  All aspects of your care are coordinated through your dedicated CyberKnife Nurse Coordinator who will guide you through your treatment and insure that you are well informed and comfortable throughout the process.

Compared to other radiosurgical treatments, the CyberKnife offers several advantages to patients, including rapid relief from pain and other symptoms. Recovery is often immediate, given its low risk of complications and damage to healthy tissue.

What is the Cyberknife?

The Cyberknife System is a computer-controlled, robotic radiation delivery system that attacks tumors with high doses of radiation from virtually any direction or angle with sub-millimeter accuracy. With stereotactic radiosurgery there is no incision, cutting or anesthesia. Radiosurgery does not remove the tumor or lesions, but instead, uses the high doses of focused radiation to destroy tumor cells and stop the growth of cancer cells. At the core of the Cyberknife System is technology that continuously and automatically tracks the tumor's and patient's position - including his or her respiratory motion. It uses this information to guide and position the radiation beams to precisely target the tumor, while carefully sparing the surrounding healthy tissue.

Conditions Treated with the Cyberknife

The following conditions can be successfully treated with Cyberknife:

• Lung cancer
• Prostate cancer
• Brain
• Liver cancer
• Spine tumors
• Pancreatic cancers
• Head and Neck
• Benign Conditions such as Trigeminal Neuralgia
• Other places in the body where radiation treatment is indicated

Benefits of Choosing Cyberknife of Long Island

• Cyberknife of Long Island, is only one of four centers in New York State with this technology.
• Cyberknife is a precise, painless, non-invasive procedure.
• Cyberknife treatment does not require anesthesia or stabilizing frames.
• Treatments last between 30 and 90 minutes and are typically completed on an outpatient basis in one to five visits.
• Because there are no incisions, most patients experience minimal recovery time and side effects, and can return to their activities almost immediately.
• Because it is so precise, Cyberknife treatment may be an option for patients who have previously been treated and require further treatment.
• Cyberknife of Long Island is located in Smithtown, which is a short distance to most locations on Long Island, and only an hour away from New York City and three major airports. Cyberknife treatment is closer than you think.

Make an appointment at Cyberknife of Long Island with a Certified CyberKnife Physician call (631) 427-2273 or email us.

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