The CyberKnife Center at the Hospital of Saint Raphael
203-789-3131
email: [email protected]
Father Michael J. McGivney Cancer Center
659 George Street, New Haven
The CyberKnife® Stereotactic Radiosurgery System is a revolutionary radiosurgery that destroys tumors — even inoperable ones — anywhere in the body with pinpoint accuracy. This cancer-fighting technology is offered only at select hospitals around the country, and the Hospital of Saint Raphael in New Haven, Connecticut is the only one in the region to offer the amazing treatment.
CyberKnife® uses X-ray guided robotics to provide a single dose of intense radiation to treat malignant and benign tumors, including those considered “inoperable.” It is the most accurate, real-time, full-body radiosurgery system that painlessly and precisely eradicates tumors and lesions with no incision.
Physicians use the CyberKnife® system to treat (benign and/or malignant) tumors of the brain, spine, neck, lung, liver, prostate and pancreas, among others.
CyberKnife® offers many advantages:
- No pain
- No incisions or scarring
- No invasive head or body frame
- No anesthesia
- Targets multiple locations during a single session
- Accurately tracks tumors that move with breathing
- Outpatient procedure of an hour or two
- Only 1 to 5 treatments
- No recovery time – quick return to normal activity
