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Is CyberKnife Effective in Treating Eye Tumors?
Posted By Dr. Ari Weitzner On December 25, 2010 @ 5:33 pm In Cancer | Comments Disabled
Archives: The CyberKnife is an image-guided technique of delivering radiation to specific locations in and around the eye while sparing adjacent tissues, so side effects are dramatically reduced. In a recent study of 14 eyes to evaluate efficacy, patient tolerance, and adverse effects of CyberKnife radiosurgery for the treatment of intraocular and periocular lymphoma, treatment was finished in only five days and all the patients are still free of tumors 23 months later.
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