by CyberKnife Miami | Jun 5, 2024 | Weight Loss Drugs Cut Cancer Risk
Experts believe injections such as Wegovy could play a big role in preventing and treating cancer. A study presented at the world’s largest cancer conference found patients taking the drugs were 19% less likely to develop 13 obesity-related cancers. Weight-loss drugs...
by CyberKnife Miami | May 30, 2024 | CyberKnife Treatment, Radiation Therapy, Tumors
When it comes to radiation for cancer, not all treatments are the same. And though different radiation treatments are often lumped together, some treatments – like CyberKnife — a noninvasive radiation system for cancerous and non-cancerous tumors – have distinct...
by CyberKnife Miami | May 22, 2024 | Brain Tumor Treatment, Uncategorized
May is Brain Cancer Awareness Month, a good time to share the advanced radiation therapy capabilities of CyberKnife. The CyberKnife Center of Miami is one of the busiest centers providing CyberKnife treatments, and Dr. Mark Pomper Radiation Oncologist and Medical...
by CyberKnife Miami | May 20, 2024 | Radiation Therapy for Cancer Treatment
As a field, radiation oncology is perhaps one of medicine’s best kept secrets. Sometimes, even our own colleagues don’t know where our department exists in the hospital or exactly what we do. As two radiation oncologists who are, in fact, the children of...
by CyberKnife Miami | May 19, 2024 | CyberKnife for Liver Cancer, Uncategorized, What is the best treatment for liver cancer
About 40 out of 100 people (40%) will survive their cancer for 1 year or more after diagnosis. almost 15 out of 100 people (almost 15%) will survive their cancer for 5 years or more after they are diagnosed. However CyberKnife may greatly improve those odds. A study...
by CyberKnife Miami | May 16, 2024 | Stop Trigeminal Neuralgia Pain, Trigeminal Neuralgia
This is What Trigeminal Neuralgia Feels Like: The good news is CyberKnife radiation therapy can often effectively manage the pain of trigeminal neuralgia with just one treatment, which only takes about an hour. If the pain comes back, it sometimes can be treated...
by CyberKnife Miami | May 15, 2024 | CyberKnife Center of Miami, Prostate Cancer, Prostate Cancer Treatment Miami, Robotic Surgery
If you are diagnosed with prostate cancer and your doctor recommends surgery over radiation, you may lean toward the invasive procedure because surgery seems less fearful than radiation. But before you make a final decision, it is important to understand the facts and...
by CyberKnife Miami | May 13, 2024 | Gamma Knife vs CyberKnife
People are more familiar with the word Gamma Knife because it’s been around longer than the CyberKnife, which makes it more antiquated, an older version of stereotactic radiosurgery. When considering which treatment to choose, consider, do you want an older...
by CyberKnife Miami | Apr 30, 2024 | Brain Cancer, CyberKnife, CyberKnife Center of Miami
Metastatic brain cancer can be a common complication of cancer, and it is the most common form of brain cancer according to the National Institutes of Health. “Anywhere from 10% to 26% of patients who die from their cancer will develop brain metastases. While few...
by CyberKnife Miami | Apr 15, 2024 | CyberKnife Treatment for Liver Cancer, Liver Cancer, Metastatic Cancer
Metastatic liver cancer – or cancer that has spread to the liver – is more common than you think. According to the National Institutes of Health, secondary liver cancer accounts for 25% or one-quarter of all cases of cancer metastases. The American Cancer Society says...
