Modern medicine is increasingly turning to innovative technologies for the most effective control of various diseases. It is the desire of every patient to sign up for a procedure that uses similar technologies.
One of the most popular high-tech techniques today is radiosurgery. She develops non-invasive cancer treatments. As a type of radiation therapy, radiosurgery consists of using ionizing radiation to irradiate neoplasms.
Among several methods of radiosurgery, CyberKnife treatment is particularly popular. Such operations are carried out especially effectively abroad, since foreign clinics are equipped with the highest quality equipment.
Method features
The unique CyberKnife technology is a sophisticated high-tech system that is a painless and non—invasive alternative to surgical intervention in oncology. The cost of the procedure is determined individually. The device allows you to irradiate the tumor pointwise without damaging neighboring tissues. Hundreds of high-energy ionizing rays intensively affect the tumor, destroying it. The entire procedure is performed by a robotic mechanism and controlled by a computer, and the image system visualizes the process in detail.
CyberKnife technology treatment abroad consists of several stages:
- a preliminary consultation introduces the patient to the method;
- X-ray examination makes it possible to localize the tumor, determine its structure and character.
- treatment planning, development of the most effective strategy based on the data obtained during the preliminary examination;
- radiation exposure;
- postoperative monitoring of the patient's condition.
Advantages of the method
Like any innovation, CyberKnife can achieve results that are unattainable by traditional methods. There are several reasons to sign up for CyberKnife treatment.:
- non-invasiveness. Exposure to ionizing rays does not require surgical intervention, so that the patient's tissues are not damaged and stress for the body is minimal, and there are no painful sensations at all.;
- The procedure is performed without anesthesia and takes a relatively short time (maximum one and a half hours);
- pinpoint exposure to ionizing rays will protect healthy tissues from destruction. With chemotherapy, for example, this is often impossible, and the whole body suffers along with cancer cells.;
- outpatient treatment. The patient does not need to go to the clinic – radiation is carried out in periodic sessions.
The price of the procedure
The question of how much such treatment costs is natural. The irradiation procedure is a complex process performed on expensive, unique equipment. Therefore, the price of CyberKnife technology treatment in leading foreign clinics ranges from $ 6,000 to $18,000. The specific price is determined based on the results of a preliminary survey. It depends on the stage of the disease and, as a result, the radiation dose required for successful treatment.
