Stereotactic Radiosurgery: Cyber Knife and Gamma Knife

BrainCancer.org presents our 12th video in our Brain Tumors 101 Series, "Stereotactic Radiosurgery: Cyber Knife and Gamma Knife". In this video, Dr. Charles Cobbs, Neurosurgeon and the Gregory Foltz Endowed Director of The Ben and Catherine Ivy Center for Advanced Brain Tumor Treatment at Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Seattle, WA, describes stereotactic radiosurgery (Gamma Knife and Cyber Knife radiation) and describes how they are used in the treatment of brain tumors.
Dr. Cobbs gives a very thorough break down of how radiation works while discussing when Cyber Knife and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery become options for brain tumor patients. Dr. Cobbs takes us into the Cyber Knife and Gamma Knife suites at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, WA.

[@Mr1beatles]

Had gamma knife 20 years ago. AN or VS is now is very small and I've had no negatives from GK in 20 years.

[@user-yi3zp8zs7r]

the brilliant summary description to get at the point of method. thank you!

[@marciwhitman3513]

I had stereotactic radiosurgery for a benign brain tumor but I didn't have any of these types that were shone. I had to have the mask made which held my head in place. The machine moved around me after it was programmed by the doctor and the physicist. So I'm not sure what the type of radiation was called or what kind of machine it was. But the machine was able to do a cat-scan first and then to do the radiation. Whatever part was giving the radiation moved around me and it delivered it in two different times and that took about a total of 5 minutes and that was the only treatment I received. I think it may have been called a photon beam but I'm not sure. It's only been about a week and I'm still having really bad side effects. I haven't even been able to return back to work and I see the oncologist in another week for check-up. And to find out if I'm healing properly. I haven't felt well since the first day. I wasn't even able to take the steroid drugs that were offered to me because I had a bad side effect from those so I had to stop.

[@biplopbohara8200]

thank you for the explanation

[@malikjalaluddin3239]

wonderful

[@anjalijain2674]

thank you

[@lynndeatherage3792]

I had the same radiotherapy 3- D COMFORMED THERAPY IN RADIOTHERAPY YEARS AGO IN 2015 LINAC THERAPY OF RADIOTHERAPY IS ONE I HAD DONE.

[@pgmarathon2989]

Well explained 👍

[@joeyaynna]

My sister hadthistreat net last year very awesome procedure...

[@nurulsyakira5076]

Need more explanation regarding linac based for srs, but anyway very good video for srs using gamma knife and cyber knife

[@panospapavasiliou174]

What's best for lung tumor cyber knife or Gama knife?

[@lesabaker8862]

just found out cancer in brain , liver, lung and spine .and im reaaly over whelmed with all this

[@Godhiza]

Did u get treatment for spine tumor using this.

[@mikewatt8706]

are u still alive

[@lesabaker8862]

im goingtohave this treatment next week , feeling very scared

[@summer18ca]

which one? which did you get? how are you now?

[@casparcoaster1936]

problem with all these explanations is that a patient can't find a good review of how bad likely are horrific side effects... or how unlikely. All ya see is people on Facebook telling how terrible the treatment ended up

[@marciwhitman3513]

That's why it's always best to talk to a radiation oncologist who is aware of your history and will know what is the best treatment for you. Just looking up information randomly on RUclips or Google isn't very helpful and I found that out the hard way. You'll just find a lot of general information that may or may not be the information that you need to find. You need to get more personal information by speaking to your doctor. That's the only way to get the right information.

[@pixelphotographyByPrasad]

Are theses treatments available in India?

[@thewordofgodwillsanctifyus7177]

Yes sir in Apollo at Chennai

[@joeyaynna]

This treatment **

[@rosariosanp]

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