cyberknife center of chicago

200 Berteau Avenue Elmhurst, IL 60126 (331) 221-2050 www.chicagock.com

CyberKnife Center of Chicago is a service of Elmhurst Memorial Hospital.

http://www.chicagock.com

What is CyberKnife? The world’s only robo/c radiosurgery system, CyberKnife treats pa/ents with a procedure stereotac(c radiosurgery. Stereotac/c radiosurgery is a noninvasive method of trea/ng tumors with high-‐dose radia/on precisely aimed from different angles.

How does CyberKnife work?

CyberKnife does not require surgery and there is no cu7ng or anesthesia required. Comprised of a compact linear accelerator -‐ a machine that generates a radia/on beam -‐ aDached to a highly maneuverable robo/c arm. •  The machine’s robo/c arm moves around you, aiming

and firing targeted radia/on beams from numerous angles.

•  The imaging and tracking system con/nually updates the tumor loca/on throughout the treatment procedure, compensa/ng for pa/ent movements like breathing.

•  Treatment sessions typically last 30 -‐ 90 minutes.



CyberKnife Stereotac(c Radiosurgery

Conven(onal Radia(on Therapy

Linac Stereotac(c Radiosurgery

Proton Therapy

Daily dose 5.0-‐2.0 Gy per frac/on

1.8-‐3.0 Gy per frac/on

5.0-‐20 Gy per frac/on

1.8-‐2.0 Gy per frac/on

Number of treatments 3-‐5 days 6-‐7 weeks 3-‐5 days 6-‐7 weeks

Accuracy ((ssue margin) 1.5 millimeters 20-‐30

millimeters 1-‐5 millimeters 20-‐30 millimeters

Number of radia(on beams 100-‐200+ beams 2-‐7 beams 5-‐15 beams 2-‐3 beams

Con(nuous correc(on for breathing and movement

YES NO NO NO

Why Choose CyberKnife?

•  Treats pa/ents in as few as one to five visits •  Pain free and requires no anesthesia •  Minimal side effects •  Outpa/ent procedure •  Constantly corrects for tumor or pa/ent movement

throughout procedures

•  Reaches most tumors from virtually unlimited direc/ons with robo/c mobility

•  Minimizes radia/on exposure to healthy /ssue surrounding a tumor site

•  Lesions previously treated with maximum allowed radia/on doses may be treated



What does CyberKnife treat? •  Arteriovenous malforma/on •  Bone metastases •  Brain tumors

•  Acous/c neuroma •  Brain metastases •  Gliomas

•  Astrocytoma •  Glioblastoma mul/forme •  Glioma •  oligodendroglioma

•  Meningioma •  Pituitary adenoma

•  Kidney tumors •  Liver tumors •  Lung tumors •  Ocular/orbital tumors •  Prostate cancer •  Pancrea/c cancer •  Spinal tumors •  Trigeminal neuralgia



What is the treatment process?

Consulta/on Appointment

Meet with the CyberKnife team

Create an individualized treatment plan

Poten/al Pretreatment Procedures*

CT Scan MRI Lab Studies Tissue Markers

(extracranial tumors or lesions)

CyberKnife Treatment

Technicians help you onto the

treatment table

CyberKnife’s robo/c arm moves around you firing targeted radia/on

beams

The advanced tracking system takes x-‐ray

images to ensure the radia/on beam

remains locked on the tumor

If needed, the pa/ent returns for

up to 4 more treatments.

Follow-‐up Follow-‐up imaging

and physical consulta/on to monitor tumor’s

progress

*The procedures required as part of your individualized treatment plan, and the order in which they will occur, will be explained during your consulta/on visit.



Our Center CyberKnife Center of Chicago opened in August 2009 and combines experienced physicians and the latest medical advances. At CyberKnife Center of Chicago, our state-‐of-‐the-‐art technology offers hope to pa/ents in the Chicago suburbs and beyond. Two-‐thirds of our pa/ents have come from outside Elmhurst Memorial Hospital’s service area and the center has treated pa/ents from as far away as Montana and South Carolina. CyberKnife Center of Chicago has a dedicated CyberKnife Nurse Navigator who works with our physicians and pa/ents to coordinate care and manage the treatment process.

Medical Director: Dr. Andy Su CyberKnife Nurse: Griselle Romero Medical Physicist: Christopher Peck

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The US Radiosurgery Network

In partnership with Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare, CyberKnife Center of Chicago is a US Radiosurgery facility. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, US Radiosurgery is a division of Alliance Oncology and partners with hospitals and physician groups around the U.S. to develop and operate full-‐body radiosurgical centers. Collec(vely, the US Radiosurgery network of centers has treated thousands of pa(ents since the opening of the company’s first center in 2003. The group of facili/es is ac/vely engaged in research, with physicians regularly presen/ng papers and authoring ar/cles related to the efficacy of CyberKnife treatment for various types of tumors and lesions. Tumors of the lung, brain and prostate, as well as certain func/onal disorders such as trigeminal neuralgia, have become key treatment areas throughout the network of centers.



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