Steven D. Chang, MD, the Robert C. and Jeannette Powell Professor

The Cyberknife: Potential in patients with central nervous system tumors

Chang SD, American Journal of Cancer. 2005; 4 (6): 383-393

Stereotactic radiosurgery has emerged as an accepted treatment for many types of intracranial tumors. Based on the understanding of the limitations with prior radiosurgical systems, image guided robotic radiosurgery was developed to overcome many of these restrictions. The CyberKnife is a commercially available frameless image guided radiosurgical system which provides state of the art radiosurgery for intracranial tumors, but has also revolutionized the use of radiosurgery to treat tumors in other parts of the body. This review will focus on the current use of the CyberKnife to treat brain and spinal tumors.