CancerCompass message board discussion started by mka06 on 1/30/2008 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,20468,0.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Does anybody have any info on this or suggestions for the best resources to find info?Thank you in advance! mka06 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT  On 1/30/2008 mka06 wrote:Does anybody have any info on this or suggestions for the best resources to find info?Thank you in advance! It is very new and it seems to be a point of contention between radiologists and oncologist.   Many radiologists were trained on the knife at Stanford University.   Check for information there.  Best wishes for success.  Shari Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT Another source is www.cksociety.org. There are CyberKnife centers around the country. I was treated for lung cancer in Seattle. It has only been 3 months since my treatment but so far it has been a great success. Dianal Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT The Cyberknife is available through Anurag Agarwal, M.D. or Kenneth Monson, M.D., Radiation Oncology, at the North Broward Medical Center Cancer Center in Florida.  954-786-6460.  Get a hold of them right away.   God Bless you on your journey to healing.  On 1/30/2008 mka06 wrote:Does anybody have any info on this or suggestions for the best resources to find info?Thank you in advance!  Malea Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT Hello Dianal, What stage is your lung cancer? Can you give some information about how the treatment applied? Many thanks. hmk1973 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT  On 1/31/2008 Malea wrote:The Cyberknife is available through Anurag Agarwal, M.D. or Kenneth Monson, M.D., Radiation Oncology, at the North Broward Medical Center Cancer Center in Florida.  954-786-6460.  Get a hold of them right away.   God Bless you on your journey to healing.  On 1/30/2008 mka06 wrote:Does anybody have any info on this or suggestions for the best resources to find info?Thank you in advance!WHAT??  Is this Cyberknife proceedure brand new?  My husband died a terrible death just this last November.  I haven't heard a thing about this and we researched many avenues.  I will read more about this and if this is for real, I will support it in any way.  No one should have to die this painful death AFTER it takes every single ounce of dignity away from you.  Thanks for the info!!  Denie Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT My dad had a consultation for the cyberknife at a michigan hospital.  He was sooo hopeful that this would be the solution for his PC.  Once there they told him that they do not treat primary PC, or tumors larger than 4cm(i believe, my memory isn't that good).  So he was extremely disappointed that he was not a candidate.   But he was told that the hospital that originally invented the cyberknife may consider him as a candidate but they couldn't be certain.  Apparently they didn't have enough of an understanding on how to treat the PC with cyberknife at this point in time..This frustrated the hell out of dad because they advertivsed on tv that PC was one of the things they treated.  worriedforthem Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT Mka, Here is a link to some cyberknife info at Stanford Comprehensive Cancer Center in Palo Alto, Cancer.  I hope this helps.Always,GeriStanford CyberKnife, Radiological Treatment for Cancer, Gammaknife, Stereotact Gerrime Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT Oops, here's the link again.http://www.stanfordhospital.com/clinicsmedServices/COE/cyber Geri Gerrime Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT Hi, I was diagnosed with stage 4 nsclc in April 2006. The mass was 4X3X6, had spread to the right lung, through the mediastinal lymph nodes, some pleural effusion and 3 lesions in my brain. GammaKnife radiation successfully treated 2 of the brain lesions (one of them disappeared on its own--was it visualization? I had only been on Tarceva a few days) My oncologist was wise enough to put me on Tarceva as a first line of defense which allowed my immune system to remain strong. The large mass in my left lung shrunk to 2x1cm and all the other sites disappeared. This was a stable situation until 17 months when the tumor began to grow again but happily adjacent to the original tumor. Because I had no other visible metastasis and hadn't for such a long time, because the tumor was contained and not that large, and because its location was not too close to a vital organ I qualified for the CyberKnife. I was treated at Swedish medical Center in Seattle. It is a miraculous treatment if you qualify--and it took the miracle of Tarceva to help get me there. I do visualization to music, Jin Shin Jyutzu, Qigong, exercise, Vitamin D, mushrooms, and fill my life with love and joy. I wish I could replicate it for everyone because I currently feel terrific with no side effects. My 6 month scan following the Cyberknife will be in April. The 3 month scan showed no "measurable" disease. My oncologist thinks it's still in there lurking but my radiologist is hopeful that he "got" it. Dianal Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT Have  you taken a look at Rexin-G? Jos3ph Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT Hi,Don't know where you live, but I've heard good things about Cyberknife of Vista, which is in Vista, CA (north San Diego county).  Their machine is one of the newest types.  You should be able to find it on the web if you look it up with Vista, CA input.Best wishes! lisaann Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT