The CyberKnife® Robotic Radiosurgery System may blast targeted doses of radiation that shrink tumors, but it's the nurses at Winthrop-University Hospital who prepare the patients for the procedure and provide the TLC.
“What's so wonderful is we can offer radiation to patients who have failed radiation or chemotherapy,” says Elaine Montchal, RN, CyberKnife nurse coordinator at Winthrop -University Hospital in Mineola, N.Y. “This gives another treatment option we can offer them.”
CyberKnife directs precisely targeted radiation to tumors. Radiation oncologists can sculpt the beam to reach small, deeply imbedded masses considered inoperable or untreatable with conventional radiation or surgery.
Nurse.com
Monday, January 28, 2008
Cyberknife Technique Leaves Patients Beaming
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