According to an article appearing in “VAntagePoint”, the Official Blog for the VA, a new robotic treatment was recently used for the first time at the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital https://www.tampa.va.gov in Tampa to give veterans more treatment options for cancer. The Cyberknife M6 machine was used to treat a veteran with a cancerous brain tumor.
The Cyberknife uses an arm similar to those used by manufacturing robots in auto plants to precisely deliver high dosage radiation to tumors to destroy cancer cells. Despite the name of Cyberknife, this treatment is a completely non-invasive procedure and causes no pain or sensation in the patient during treatment. …Continue reading