CyberKnife introduced at Apollo Speciality Cancer Hospital, Chennai
Dr. Prathap C Reddy, Executive Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group with a patient.
Apollo Speciality Cancer Hospital at Chennai has introduced the most advanced CyberKnife® Robotic Radio Surgery System recently, says a press release. Robotic radiosurgery system is a breakthrough technology which is designed to treat tumors anywhere in the body with sub-millimeter accuracy. It brings an unparalleled approach to treating inoperable tumors in patients who previously had no options or only high-risk options for treatment now have a safer alternative. As unveiled Asia's most advanced CyberKnife® Robotic Radio Surgery System, Dr Prathap C Reddy, Executive Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group said, "In our continuing endeavor to fight cancer, we have brought the most advanced CyberKnife® in the Asia Pacific. Undoubtedly the next frontier in cancer treatment." The advanced technology behind CyberKnife® uses real time image guidance technology and computer-controlled robotics to deliver an extremely precise dose of radiation to targets, avoiding the surrounding healthy tissue and adjusting for patient and tumor movement during treatment. The CyberKnife® system has significant benefits. Many of the complications associated with other conventional cancer therapies are minimized or eliminated by the CyberKnife® system. In addition, it is possible to treat multiple tumors at different locations in the body during a single treatment session. Patient normally experiences dramatic pain relief after the CyberKnife® treatment.
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