Manufacturer's Listing of Treatments
The list below is Accuray's statement of conditions treated, taken from their web site.
In practice we have found that approaches can vary considerably from centre to centre and that some centres will not treat all of these conditions. Sometimes CyberKnife may form only part of a wider treatment or that it may only be a palliative treatment.
Some, but not all intracranial (head and brain) tumors and lesions (source: Accuray)
Advanced treatment centres
Non-invasive medical technologies
Private medical centres
In cancer cases, CyberKnife is best suited to early stage tumours where edges are well defined, so whilst some of the conditions below may be treatable if caught early enough, advanced cases may not be suitable for CyberKnife.
Acoustic neuroma
Anaplastic astrocytoma
Arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
Craniopharyngioma
DNET
Ependymoma
Epidural hematoma
Gangliocytoma
Neurofibromatosis
Oligodendroglioma
PNET
Pituitary adenoma
Schwannoma
Trigeminal neuralgia
Vestibular schwannoma
Germinoma
Glioblastoma multiforme
Glioma
Glomus jugulare tumor
Hemangioblastoma
Meningioma
Neurocytoma
Neurofibroma
Osteosarcoma
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Squamous cell carcinoma
Non-small cell lung cancer
Small-cell lung cancer
Some, but not all extracranial (outside of the head and brain) tumors and lesions (source: Accuray)
Pancreatic cancer
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Prostate cancer
Renal cell carcinoma
Colon cancer
Ovarian cancer
Uterine cancer
Arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
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