illinois cyberknife

1700 Luther Lane Suite 1110 Park Ridge, Illinois 60068 (847) 723-0100 www.illinoisck.com

Illinois CyberKnife is a department of Advocate Lutheran General Hospital.

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What is CyberKnife? The world’s only robo/c radiosurgery system, CyberKnife treats pa/ents with a procedure called 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 Under the direc/on of medical director Dr. Arica Hirsch, Illinois CyberKnife combines experienced physicians and the latest medical advances to provide pa/ents with excep/onal care since opening in November 2011. Illinois CyberKnife is part of Advocate Lutheran General’s renowned Cancer Care Center, located in the Center for Advanced Care on the hospital’s campus. Our doctors are board cer/fied in radia/on oncology and have several areas of specialty, including brain tumors, head and neck cancers, prostate cancer and lung cancer. We are dedicated to providing our pa/ents with the latest cancer treatment technology and are proud of the experience and exper/se our physicians and caring staff bring to our pa/ents.

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The US Radiosurgery Network

In partnership with Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Illinois CyberKnife 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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