CyberKnife uses a high-energy X-ray machine on a robotic arm to precisely deliver radiation beams that destroy tumor cells and stop tumor growth while avoiding damage to healthy tissue. The treatment process is the same for eachCyberKnife patient.
Cobalt therapy or cobalt–60 therapy is the medical use of gamma rays from the radioisotope cobalt–60 to treat conditions such as cancer. … Cobalt therapy was a revolutionary advance in radiotherapy in the post-World War II period but is now being replaced by other technologies such as linear accelerators.
