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talking about about
using CyberKnife
radio surgery to treat
prostate cancer.
New Technology
Available only at
Erlanger:
The CyerKnife radio
surgery system is new
robotic technology that
pinpoints and tracks
the prostate "real
time" in the body to
very accurately place
an array of radiation
beams on to the
prostate, killing the
cancer in as few as 5
treatments.
Prostate cancer is the
most common cancer,
other than non-
melanoma skin
cancer, and the
second leading cause
of cancer-related
death in men in the
U.S. African-American
men have a higher
incidence and at least
double the mortality
rate compared with
men of other racial
and ethnic groups.
Who might be eligible
for CyberKnife
treatment for prostate
cancer?
This treatment is
recommended for
otherwise healthy men
with early stage
prostate cancer.
CyberKnife offers an
alternative to more
invasive treatments
such a surgery or
radioactive seed
implants. In more
advanced
treatments as a boost
to the tumor.
For more information
visit www.erlanger.org
or , call
77
8-5704
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