Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Making Use Of Cyberknife For Colon Cancer

By Tommie Newman


Cancer is a very devastating disease that can be fatal especially when this is discovered in its terminal phase. One of the most common type of cancer these days would be colon cancer. With the help of technology, methods like Cyberknife Denver can be used to deal with tumors that are located in the person's bowel or in other places.

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 from being accurate, this is perhaps the most comfortable radiosurgery that one can go for. There is no need for anything to be strapped or placed to the patient's body. All he needs to do is to lie or sit down and let the robot take care of delivering the radiation.

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 number of sessions needed and the length of each one is going to be decided based on what type of tumor one has. Each session will normally take around 30 minutes. There are also times when this will reach more than an hour.

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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