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Using Cyberknife For Colon Cancer

By Tommie Newman


Every year, a lot of people die because they have cancer. This disease is very hard to deal with especially when it will be diagnosed as terminal. A good example of a cancer that has affected many people is colon cancer. It is fortunate that there are treatments like Cyberknife Denver that can be used to treat it.

Cyberknife is considered as a type of radiosurgery. This means that there is no need to take out the tumor by making incisions. Instead, the radiation will be delivered to the tumor by using a robot. This method is good for colorectal cancer since it can deal with tumors no matter its location.

One of the best things about this method is that it is very accurate when it comes to locating the tumor to be radiated on. It can deliver the radiation without doing a lot of harm to the other cells surrounding it. The software makes it capable of making adjustments when the tumor has moved somewhere.

Aside the accuracy of this method, one more thing that separates it from other radiosurgeries is that it is more comfortable. There are no things that are going to attached to ones skull or other body part. The patient can just lie down and wait for the session to end.

Before patients are going to start the therapy, there is still a need for doctors to make a plan by using the software. This way they will know the amount of radiation that is needed to limit the tumor and at the same time do not harm to the healthy cells.

The length and the number of sessions the patient need to go through would depend on the kind of tumor that the patient has. Each session will usually around 30 minutes but it can also be more than hour depending on the doctor's orders.

Cyberknife Denver is a very good treatment to consider for patients with colon cancer or other kinds of cancer. This is safe, non invasive, and does not have a lot of side effects.




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