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CyberKnife
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CyberKnife
News
| 2007 |
February
23, 2007 "Cancer
care gets robotics boost"
Appleton Post Crescent – Appleton,WI,USA
Beginning next month, the Martha Siekman Cancer Center
at Appleton Medical Center will offer CyberKnife
radio surgery.
February
20, 2007 "CyberKnife
Spinal Tumor Treatments Increase by 56 Percent"
Earthtimes.org – USA
Accuray Incorporated , a global leader in the
field of radiosurgery, announced clinical data that
shows use of its CyberKnife(R) Robotic Radiosurgery
…
February
12, 2007 "Nemours
ads to promote hospital bid"
Orlando Sentinel – Orlando,FL,USA
Central Florida Regional Hospital publicly unveiled
its new "CyberKnife" on Feb. 1, and before
the month is out the $5 million, computer-assisted
robot will …
February
08, 2007 "Accuray
stock jumps 38% on first trading day"
Phoenix Business Journal – Phoenix,AZ,USA
Accuray’s CyberKnife first received FDA approval
in 1999 to treat tumors in the head and neck. In
2001 it received a further OK for tumors anywhere
in the …
February
04, 2007 "Sanford
hospital gets CyberKnife"
Orlando Sentinel – Orlando,FL,USA
CyberKnife is a robotic system that targets tumors
with radiation beams. Unlike previous technologies,
CyberKnife doesn’t require uncomfortable or invasive
…
February
02, 2007 "IPO
Watch: Dream Machine"
Red Herring – CA,USA
Accuray is the provider of a robotic radiosurgery
system that treats solid tumors with radiation
while minimizing damage to surrounding tissue.
…
January
30, 2007 "Swedish Cancer Institute First in the World
to Offer GPS for the body…"
Yahoo! News (press release) – USA
… MammoSite® Radiation Therapy System,
the Seattle CyberKnife Center(TM) at Swedish
Medical Center, and Northwest Hospital Gamma
Knife Center.
…
January
23, 2007 "Accuray
Sets IPO Terms"
Forbes – NY,USA
The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company makes CyberKnife,
a radiation system designed to treat solid tumors
anywhere in the body
as an alternative to traditional surgery.
January
22, 2007 "Targeting tumors: New technology takes
out the bad but doesn’t hurt the good."
Haber Saðlýk – Ýstanbul,Turkey
This new form of stereotactic radiosurgery system
is so sensitive that it automatically detects and
compensates for any patient movement, ensuring that
the …
January
16, 2007 "Washington
Hospital invests in non-invasive brain surgery"
San Jose Business Journal – CA,USA
by Sara Solovitch. Washington Hospital, a 337-bed hospital in Fremont,
has become the first community hospital in the country to invest
in a $5 million …
January
15, 2007 "Lake
Saint Louis considers cancer treatment center"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch – St. Louis,MO,USA
The new center would provide office space for Missouri Cancer Care
and St. Louis University Hospital physicians and feature the $6 million
CyberKnife system …
January
11, 2007 "Brave
Cancer Girl Suffers Tumour Blow"
This Is Lancashire – Blackburn,England,UK
Cyberknife surgery is a non-invasive procedure which uses a combination
of robotics and image-guidance technology to deliver precisely targeted
doses of …
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December
31, 2006 "Health care"
Kansas.com – KS,USA
Kansas Medical Center in Andover opened
and Via Christi Wichita Health Network debuted its CyberKnife
Center.
December
29, 2006 "Christ
Medical Center gets powerful new weapon in war against
…"
Chicago Daily Southtown – Chicago,IL,USA
The guidance system, Lemole said, is a breakthrough
in radiosurgery, allowing doctors to target tumors in
various parts of the body, including the spine and …
December
26, 2006 "Doctors
lead way in fight against prostate cancer"
The News-Press – Fort Myers,FL,USA
Options include surgery, noninvasive targeted Cyberknife
radiation or other localized treatments. "The
goal of all treatments I think in the future is to
…
December
25, 2006 "More
business news"
Palm Beach Post – FL, United States
But Farkas, now education
director for the CyberKnife Center of Palm Beach, has
no regrets.
December
25, 2006 "New
device can pinpoint prostate cancers"
The News-Press – Fort
Myers,FL,USA
… aggressive prostate cancer. Options include surgery,
noninvasive targeted Cyberknife radiation or other
localized treatments.
December
13, 2006 "The
‘Cutting’ Edge"
Up & Coming Magazine – Fayetteville,NC,USA
… Joseph’s RadioSurgery Center in Asheville, NC. CyberKnife
is manufactured by Accuray Inc., a California-based company
specializing in surgical technology. .. December
9, 2006 "Tumors
in the cross hairs"
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release) – Newtown,PA,USA
A new technology called CyberKnife not only shrank
his tumor to the size of a golf ball, after treatment, "The
doctor said the tumor was completely dead. ..
December
8, 2006 "Accuray
and Siemens Announce Collaboration to Jointly Develop
…"
PR Newswire UK (press release) – London,UK
… companies will jointly focus on the integration and
optimization of Siemens computed tomography (CT) imaging
technology with Accuray’s CyberKnife(R) Robotic …
August
16, 2006 "New
Weapon For War On Cancer"
WCIV – Mt. Pleasant,SC,USA
Francis Healthcare, the CyberKnife is a non invasive
radio-surgery system that treats patients with complex
or difficult cancers of the brain, spine, lung …
August
16, 2006 "One
woman, one robot"
Naples Daily News – Naples,FL,USA
She folds her arms comfortably across her
chest and leans back on a countertop outside the
hospital’s CyberKnife vault. August
14, 2006 "New way to treat cancer and other forms
of pain"
WTNH – New Haven,CT,USA
… This is cyberknife, a breakthrough surgical tool
capable of destroying most cancerous tumors. … Francis/Mount
Sinai Cancer Center turned to cyberknife. …
July 27,
2006 "New
Software called "Synchrony" Detects Cancer
Easier"
All Headline News – USA
DC (AHN) – Researchers from the University of
Pittsburgh have created a program called Synchrony,
which is an
addition to CyberKnife, a radiotherapy robot used
…
July 25,
2006 "Robotic Surgeon Reprogrammed to Attack Moving
Tumors"
FOX News – USA
The surgeon, known as CyberKnife to its human
colleagues, is a robot. Already deft at attacking
brain tumors,
CyberKnife received …
July
10, 2006 UCSF Radiation Oncologists Named as ASTRO
Fellows
UCSF Today – San Francisco,CA,USA
… delivery that can increase the ratio of tumor dose
to normal tissue dose, which involves the use of proton
beams, stereotactic radiosurgery … July
10, 2006 "Radiosurgery
System"
KAJ News – Kalispell,MT,USA
GREAT FALLS New equipment at the Sletten Cancer Institute
in Great Falls uses robotics, to track tumors and attack
them with high doses of radiation.
June 7, 2006 "CyberKnife(R)
System Enables Patients to Receive Systemic …"
PR Newswire (press release) – New York,NY,USA
Accuray Incorporated,
the global leader in the field of robotic radiosurgery,
announced today that the CyberKnife(R) Robotic …
May
10, 2006 Spinal
Cord Tumor Association Replay
of a 55 minute teleconference call with Dr. Henderson
on the topic of Cyberknife. May 9, 2006 "Accuray reports growing
acceptance of CyberKnife"
MTBeurope – UK
Accuray Incorporated has announced that spinal tumour
treatments with the CyberKnife robotic radiosurgery
system grew more than 75% since the introduction of
…
May 9, 2006 "Worldwide Acceptance
of the CyberKnife(R) System Continues to Grow"
PR Newswire (press release) – New York,NY,USA
SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 9 /PRNewswire/ — Accuray Incorporated,
the global leader in the field of robotic radiosurgery,
announced today that Greece and Vietnam …
May 6, 2006 "Giant
Robot Zaps Tumors"
Robots.net – Dallas,TX,USA
The CyberKnife radiosurgery robot from Accuray in Sunnyvale
can treat tumors anywhere on the body. This is different
than other …
April
12, 2006 "Wijayaâs
medical wing starts to pay off"
The Edge Daily – Malaysia
Faizal expects the centre to do much better as
it is well equipped with devices such as a PET CT scanner
and a CyberKnife non-invasive surgical tool, which
…
April 4, 2006 "Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
Acquires Second CyberKnife(R) System"
PR Newswire (press release) – New York,NY,USA
… the global leader in the field of robotic radiosurgery,
announced today that Sinai Hospital of Baltimore acquired
its second CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery …
March
2, 2006 "Three Cyberknife Robotic Radiosurgery Systems
to be Installed in France"
PR Newswire UK (press release) – London,UK
Accuray Incorporated, the global leader in the field
of robotic radiosurgery, announced today that three
CyberKnife(R) Systems will be installed in France.
…
Feb.
28, 2006 "Off
the Cutting Edge"
Fresno Bee (subscription) – Fresno,CA,USA
Medical imaging machines that work with precision
and speed take more Valley doctors and patients away
from the scalpel.
(PDF format)
Feb.
27, 2006 "West
Jeff’s CyberKnife Improves Cancer Care"
New Orleans CityBusiness – New Orleans,LA,USA
In the 40 days since West Jefferson Medical Center
unveiled the $3.5-million CyberKnife, doctors have
eliminated cancerous tumors from a dozen patients.
Feb.
21, 2006 "Accuray Expands Operations to Meet Growing
Worldwide Demand"
PR Newswire (press release) – New York,NY, USA
To meet the growing worldwide
demand for the CyberKnife(R) Robotic Radiosurgery
System, Accuray Incorporated, the global leader in
the field …
Feb.
09, 2006 "Business Briefs: Miller-Dwan Adds
High-Tech Tool"
Duluth News Tribune – Duluth,MN,USA
This week, the hospital
received a piece of equipment called the Cyberknife.
Feb.
07, 2006 "Latest Robotic Radiosurgery Studies Presented"
PR Newswire (press release) – New York,NY,USA
More than 300 of the world’s leading
surgeons, radiation oncologists and medical physicists
gathered for the 5th Annual CyberKnife(R) Society
…
Jan.
31, 2006 "Marrero
hospital unveils its cutting-edge CyberKnife"
Times Picayune – New Orleans,LA,USA
The CyberKnife is a form of radiosurgery, which
includes Gamma knife technology that has been around
since the 1960s. But the Gamma … Jan.
30, 2006 "Beyond
the Cutting Edge in Cancer Surgery"
Blue Ridge Business Journal – Roanoke,VA,USA
Like UVa’s Gamma Knife, CyberKnife is
a stereotactic radiation treatment, but with numerous
advances over its predecessors. …
Jan.
15, 2006 "Via Christi Brings New Knife to Town"
Kansas.com – KS,USA
The CyberKnife, a radiation device for treating
cancer, will compete with — or complement —
Wesley’s Gamma Knife.
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| 2005 |
Dec.
29, 2005 "Wijaya
Baru Medical to invest up to RM5m to promote cancer"
The Edge Daily – Malaysia
… Wijaya Baru Medical Sdn Bhd (WBMSB) will spend between RM2 million and RM5
million to promote its CyberKnife stereotactic radiosurgery treatment programme.
…
Dec.
27, 2005 "Uninsured
Among 06 Hospital Challenges" United
Press International-USA
"There are so many new developments in technology that have improved
how we can help people," Marsh said. "We can use a Cyberknife to
excise hard-to-reach …
Dec.
15, 2005 "CyberKnife
Treats Tumors Without Incisions"
News 8 Austin – Austin,TX,USA
The CyberKnife is one of the latest tools in surgery. It eradicates cancer tumors
with radiation, so it’s painless and non-invasive. …
Dec.
06, 2005 "Meridian
cuts 118 jobs at 3 hospitals"
Asbury Park Press – Asbury Park,NJ,USA
… Among the new services: a CyberKnife at Riverview Medical Center that treats
inoperable tumors, and a 64-slice CT scan at Riverview and Jersey Shore that
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Nov.
16, 2005 "A ‘celebrity’
at 14, she is now fighting for a normal life"
Malaysia Star – Malaysia
… Called a CyberKnife procedure,
it is a medical technology invented nine years ago
in Stanford, United States.
(PDF format)
Nov.
8, 2005 "St.
Luke’s center uses team approach to treat tumors"
Kansas City Star – MO,USA
Next year, the program will begin using the Novalis Shaped Beam Radiosurgery
System, a noninvasive tool for the radiosurgical treatment of tumors of the brain
… (PDF format)
Nov.
8, 2005 "Baptist
Now Treating Lung Tumors with Cyberknife®"
Emediawire (press release) – Ferndale,WA,USA
Baptist Cancer Services, a division of Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, Miss.,
has treated a lung tumor with the CyberKnife® Stereotactic Radiosurgery
System …
Oct.
31, 2005 "Cyberknife
Surgery Shows Promise in Spinal Metastases"
DG News – USA
PARIS, FRANCE -Cyberknife image-guided radiosurgery is effective and generally
safe for managing spinal metastases…
Oct.
21, 2005 "CyberKnife
draws bead on tumors"
News-Leader.com – Springfield,MO,USA
Specialists at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield are using a CyberKnife to deliver
the most precise beam of radiation possible to shrink or destroy a tumor without
damaging …
Oct.
18, 2005 "Rigshospitalet
in Copenhagen Brings New Hope to Lung Cancer …"
Yahoo! News (press release) – USA
… was founded in 1989 and is specialized in the development, manufacture, and
marketing of medical technology for radiosurgery / radiotherapy, orthopedics
… (PDF format)
Oct.
17, 2005 "Accuray
Unveils the Next Generation in Robotic Radiosurgery"
Canada NewsWire (press release) – Canada
Today Accuray(TM) unveiled the latest generation of its innovative, highly
integrated CyberKnife(R) System at the 47th annual meeting …
Oct.
13, 2005 "Comprehensive
Resource on Robotic Radiosurgery"
PR Newswire (press release) – New York,NY,USA
13 /PRNewswire/ — The CyberKnife Society Press is pleased to announce the publication
of Robotic Radiosurgery-Volume 1…
Oct.
12, 2005 "Accuray(TM)
to Unveil the Next Generation CyberKnife(R) at ASTRO"
PR Newswire (press release) – New York,NY,USA
Latest version on industry-leading radiosurgery solution promises superior performance…
Oct.
11, 2005 "$4
Million Robot Debuts in West Palm Tomorrow"
Business Wire (press release) – San Francisco,CA,USA
What: The CyberKnife Center of Palm Beach will treat its first patient tomorrow,
bringing the newest technology to fight cancer and tumors to residents of Palm
… (PDF format)
Oct.
10, 2005 "OR-Live.com
Presents: Live Internet Broadcast of CyberKnife Spine
…"
Market Wire (press release) – USA
… Louis Schwartz, MD, at Atlantic Health System’s Overlook Hospital will treat
a tumor on the spine using the revolutionary CyberKnife® Radiosurgery System
…
Oct.
9, 2005 "Laser
Technology Means New Hope for Cancer Patients"
KQTV – St. Joseph,MO,USA
… Undergoing a simulated round of laser radiation treatment for lung cancer,
Roberta says the CyberKnife makes getting rid of cancer less invasive than typical
…
Oct.
8, 2005 "NEMC files to acquire surgical device"
Kannapolis Independent Tribune – Kannapolis,NC,USA
By Barbara Jones. CONCORD – NorthEast Medical Center
is asking for the state’s approval to purchase a CyberKnife
device.
Oct.
4, 2005 "CyberKnife
Center of Miami Seeks Patients for Prostate Cancer
Trial"
Business Wire (press release) – San Francisco,CA,USA
Using image-guided radiosurgery, CyberKnife can accurately target and deliver
maximum radiation doses needed to attack the cancer and not damage healthy tissue
…(PDF format)
Sept.
27, 2005 New
Lifesaving Medical Devices and Leading Medical Researchers
Are
PR Newswire (press release) – New York,NY,USA
Cutting with Radiological Beam — St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center
Sept.
23, 2005 "Maverick
in a mind field"
San Jose Business Journal – CA,USA
… The inventor of the technology, a charismatic neurosurgeon named Lars Leksell,
had dubbed his device the Gamma Knife and Dr. Adler soon fell under his spell.
…(PDF format)
Aug.
26, 2005 "US
surgeon to do free op on Ulster dad" The
Belfast Telegraph Digital
Aug
5, 2005 "Derry
Man Seeks US Miracle Treatment" Derry Journal,
Ireland
July
30, 2005 "CyberKnife
at Wilson Will Benefit Patients" Press & Sun
Bulletin, NY (PDF
format)
July
20, 2005 "$65M
Turns Hospital into Life Sciences Building" Seattle
CyberKnife
July
14, 2005 "High
tech knife cuts where surgeons can’t" WorldNow
and Knoxville WATE
June
29,
2005 "CyberKnife
Center at Sinai Hospital Celebrates Second
Anniversary; Strong Growth in Radiosurgery
Treatments Sparked By Dramatic Expansion in Extracranial
Procedures."
May
30, 2005 "Expanding
Treatment Options & Cancer Practices" Radiology
Today. (PDF
format)
May
18, 2005 "St.
John’s Forges Ahead" News-Leader,
Springfield, Mo. (PDF format)
May
10, 2005 "CyberKnife
a Breakthrough Against Tumors" WFAA-TV (PDF
Format)
May
6, 2005 "The
Fastest and Most Accurate Radiosurgery System
Now Eliminates Need for Surgical Procedure" Accuray
Press Release (PDF
Format)
May
4, 2005 "Bloodless
Spine RadioSurgery: CyberKnife Center of Miami
First With New Technology to Treat Spine Tumors" Miami
Home Business Wire
May
3, 2005 "Menorah
Treats Soft-tissue, Bone Tumors" Kansas
City Health Notes article. (PDF
Format)
April
26, 2005 WVLT Volunteer TV Knoxville,
TN: "CyberKnife
Allows for Painless Surgery"
April
17, 2005 ‘Grey’s
Anatomy’ primetime TV show mentions
CyberKnife. (Video clip)
April
10, 2005 San
Jose Mercury News article with Dr. Chang
and CyberKnife patient Mark M. (PDF format)
April
6, 2005 Attendance Surges at Fourth Annual CyberKnife
Society and Users’ Group Meeting. (PDF
format)
March
28, 2005 CyberKnife Developed By Accuray
Wins Award For Most Promising New Product At Phoenix
Medical Device Conference. (PDF
format)
March,
2005 Spinal Cord Tumor Association, Inc. – "Survivors
Spotlight" CyberKnife
treatment on a patient with a Schwannoma between
his L-1 and L-2 spinal discs.
February,
2005 Accuray Announces Purchase of Second
CyberKnife System by
Georgetown
University Hospital– Marks 50th
CyberKnife System in the U.S. (PDF
format)
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September,
2004 U.S.
News – "Best Hospitals 2004" -U.S.
News ranking of top hospitals in 17 specialties
August
16, 2004 Business
Wire – "Old World Aromatherapy Meets High-Tech
Cancer Treatment; CyberKnife Center of Miami Uses
Ancient Techniques to Relax Patients" (PDF
format)
July
19, 2004 Accuray
Launches World’s First Dynamic Radiosurgery System
for Lung, Liver, Kidney and Pancreatic Tumors
May
25, 2004 News
Medical – "Results from a clinical study
of CyberKnife ® radiosurgery for locally advanced
pancreatic cancer"
May
19, 2004 CyberKnife
Radiosurgery Provides Local Tumor Control in Patients
with Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer (PDF
format)
April
8, 2004 The
Catholic Spirit – "CyberKnife surgery an answer
to prayers"
March,
2004 CyberKnife
Radiosurgery – "Clinical papers: Trigeminal
Neuralgia, Perioptic Lesions, and Locally Advanced
Pancreatic Cancer." (PDF format)
Jan.
14, 2004 Accuray
Receives Japanese Regulatory Clearance for its CyberKnife
II Stereotactic Radiosurgery System (PDF
format)
Jan.
14,’04 Atlantic
Journal Constitution-“Hi-Tech Tool Offers Breakthrough
Cancer Treatment”
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Dec.
12, 2003
Growth of Extracranial Radiosurgery Highlighted at Annual
CyberKnife Users’ Meeting (PDF
format)
Nov.
10, 2003 Wood
TV 8 News: "CyberKnife Technology"
Oct.
20, 2003 Outpatient
Full-Body Radiosurgery Becomes Even Faster, Easier,
and More Accurate with New CyberKnife Technology (PDF
format)
Sept.
4, 2003 Accuray
Closes Out Fiscal Year with Profitable Quarter
and Strong Momentum in Sales Growth
July
17, 2003 Accuray
Secures $17M Contract to Upgrade all CyberKnife
Systems in Japan
June
16, 2003 Grand
Haven Tribune – “GH Woman Recuperates From CyberKnife
Surgery”
June
3, 2003 NY
Times, Dr. John Adler’s Response:”Brain Surgery,
Without Knife or Blood, Gains Favor”
May
16, 2003 Over
500 Spine Patients Worldwide Treated With CyberKnife
May
2, 2003 Grand
Haven Tribune – “Family Hopeful”
April
29, 2003 New
York Times: “Brain Surgery, Without Knife or Blood,
Gains Favor”
April
16, 2003 UCSF
Medical Center Now Offering New Full-Body Tumor
Treatment with the CyberKnife Stereotactic Radiosurgery
System
April
2003 The
Business Monthly: "CyberKnife Offers Targeted,
Painless and Fast Treatment"
March
28, 2003 University
of Pittsburgh Medical Center Treats 100th Spinal
Tumor Patient with the CyberKnife
March
28, 2003 Vicenza
Hospital in Italy Opens First CyberKnife® Radiosurgery
Center in Europe
March
11, 2003 Five
New U.S. Hospitals to Acquire the CyberKnife
Feb.,
2003 Technology
in Cancer Research & Treatment – "CyberKnife
Radiotherapy For Localized Prostate Cancer: Rationale
And Technical Feasibility" (PDF
format)
Jan.,
2003 LWWonline
Neurosurgery – "An analysis of the accuracy
of the CyberKnife: a robotic frameless stereotactic
radiosurgical system."
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2002
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Dec.
19, 2002 USC/Norris
Comprehensive Cancer Center treats their first
25 patients with CyberKnife
August
28, 2002 CyberKnife
on the Discovery Health Channel
June
5, 2002 University
of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Non-invasive
Tumor Surgery in Infants and Children Made Possible
with the CyberKnife
March
19, 2002 Stanford
Medical Center: "CyberKnife Radiosurgery-Wonders
of Modern Medicine" (Video)
Feb.
12, 2002 Stanford
University Medical Center Treats First 50 Tumor
Patients With the New FDA Cleared CyberKnife
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2001
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Sept.
2001 CyberKnife
Patient Support Group Newsletter
July
25, 2001 Stanford
Report: “Patients Gather to Praise Minimally Invasive
Technique Used in Treating Tumors”
April
26, 2001 Cleveland
Scene: "Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em"
April
9, 2001 World’s
First Clinical Series of Lung Cancer Patients Treated
with CyberKnife
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