Cyberknife SBRT
We are the only Cyberknife center in the Seattle/Tacoma region. We first began treating with the Cyberknife platform in 2006, and the system has seen many updates and upgrades during that timeframe. It is one of the most advanced treatment platforms for Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT), and the only platform that can allow for real-time tracking of tumor motion.
The Swedish Radiosurgery Center was one of the lead institutions of a 21-center clinical trial of early-stage prostate cancer treatment with Cyberknife. We have published our 5 and 10 year results. This data shows excellent control rates for patient treated with Cyberknife 5-fraction prostate treatment for low and intermediate risk patients.
There has also been a great deal of research in using SBRT to treat oligometastatic disease. This is when a patient has a small volume of metastatic cancer. Patients in this category have more favorable outcomes than patients with more widespread or bulky disease. Several Phase III and randomized trials
