STANFORD UNIVERSITY

The first extra-cranial stereotactic radiosurgery treatment with Cyberknife® was performed at Stanford Hospital in 1996. The Cyberknife system is considered to be one of the first image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) machines in the field and the basic principles behind these techniques have been widely adopted by the radiation oncology community. We also performed the first stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT)/stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) treatment in the world using the Truebeam linear accelerator... We recognize that radiotherapy treatment can seem complex and unfamiliar for patients during a difficult time. Our department has created a three-part series of educational videos simulating treatment directed to patients undergoing radiation therapy so they know exactly what to expect.

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Primary location: Stanford United States