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Thank you for your interest in Gamma Knife of Spokane. This technology is amazing - treating what is a very serious disease or debilitating condition with a single treatment that allows you to get on with your life the next day with minimal side effects. If you still have questions after looking through these, feel free to contact our nurse coordinator, Jill Adams, via phone at (509) 473-3800 or by clicking here.

How is this different from the CyberKnife?

The Gamma Knife has been in operation for over 40 years and has been used to treat over 350,000 patients. It is considered the 'gold standard' for intracranial tumor control. Because the Gamma Knife secures the skull with a lightweight frame and the radiation source is fixed (unmoving), its accuracy is within .3mm. The CyberKnife doesn't fix the patient's head and has moving delivery systems that do not offer the same level of accuracy as the Gamma Knife. This accuracy is significant when it comes to sparing healthy brain tissue during these very delicate procedures. The CyberKnife delivers between 2 to 6 times the radiation dose to healthy tissue than does the Gamma Knife.

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