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Cyberknife saved a terminated liver cancer patient inTaiwan
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Epoch Times, Taiwan
2009/04/28

The stereotactic radiosurgery equipment Cyberknife perform a surgery without anesthesia and cutting, and no hospitalization is needed. During the treatment patient listens to music. The treatment is about 10-minute and up to five days, can be effective to eradicate or control tumor cells. Patient is back to the course of normal daily life right after each treatment

67-year-old Mr. Chung has been customary to donate blood. After liver reaction with B, the examination revealed liver tumors. The tumors is located close to blood vessels and was inoperable. It was treated with alcohol embolization. After the treatment the tumor became larger with a diameter of 9cm. Various chemotherapy drugs have been tried still unable to control the disease. Doctors had no choice but to abandon the treatment, and declare him only 3-6 months of life.

After received the cyberknife treatment in Chi Mei Hospital, Mr. Zhong's tumor have been reduced by 70%, fetal protein values dropped to 57.8 from 30,180. Mr. Zhong has now return to normal life. Mrs. Zhong said that her husband had been preparing for the end. The Cyberknife changed her family from black-and-white into full-color. She hoped that the Cyberknife can benefit more patients in the future.

Dr Li-Ching Lin , director of radiation oncology in Chi Mei Hospital, pointed out that the current treatment of liver tumors with surgical resection, alcohol embolization, chemotherapy and radiation therapy-based, all have their limitations. Some patients' respond to embolization and chemotherapy are not satisfactory. A wide range of radiation around the tumor may also harm normal blood vessels and tissues.

Dr Zhang Jin-hongComputer, director of the Cyberknife Center, said that the 4th generation cyberknife which is just introduced from US is the only linear accelerator equipment in Mid-South Taiwan. The error margin is less than 1mm. The machine can produce a total of 1680 rays. Each course of treatment can be given the perspective of radiation oncology and can automatically lock the tumor radiation, and not hurt nerves or other cells.