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Looking for a physician who does Cyberknife in eastern PA
BeckyB:
I am a 55 year old woman with a 2cm AN. I am scheduled to have surgery but am decided against it after looking over this web site. I enjoy listening to my grandson laugh and birds singing. I didn't want to diminish that with surgery and total hearing loss on one side. My hearing isn't too bad right now. Plus the surgery scares the heck out of me. At this point I kinda ruled out GK. FSR sounds good to me but I was interested in Cyberknife. Does anyone know where to go, or who to see that is located around the eastern part of Pennsylvania?
I haven't read too much about CK. I did not come across any charts comparing results/%'s of patients and post-op like I did for GK ans FSR.
I'd like to know how people feel about CK.
Static:
Becky,
Where are you scheduled to have your surgery performed? Did you ask there about gamma or FSR? I had my surgery done at Jefferson in Philadelphia and I know they do different kinds of gammas there as well as the University of PA. Just do a Google to get the Drs. names from the University, but I do know the Doc at Jeffs name is Dr. Andrews. I wish you luck!
~Karen
BeckyB:
I am scheduled at Jefferson in Philadelphia with Wilcox and Evans. I know Evans does radioloogy and I have been trying to get in contact with him.
BeckyB:
I met with Dr. James Evans. He would be working with another docter doing the surgery. During my visit with him, he said he also worked with radiation. That got me to thinking. I started checking out the ANA website and others. From what I read, I changed my mind and decided to cancel surgery and go the FSR route. (Wasn't ready to give up what hearing I have.) I contacted Dr. Evans about my decision and thought he would talk about the radiation treatments but he had me contact Dr. Maria Werner-Wasik. (I'm not sure if I was just passed off.) Met with Dr. Werner-Wasik and started the process. I'm scheduled for a mask fitting in July. There will be 26 treatments for a total of 12 GY. It will mean a trip to Philadelphia every day (2 hours one way). I really hope I made the right decision. (Too bad I had to make a decision like this in the first place.)
Wish things were easier.
Mark:
Becky,
I couldn't see that your original question about CK centers near Philadelphia was answered, so just in case , there is one in Havertown and here is the link.
http://www.accuray.com/CyberKnifeCenters/SiteProfile.aspx?cksid=2cbf389f-c443-401d-a408-569389329b24
There are a larger number of posts on this forum comparing the different machines and essentially all of them will do the job, but there is a drop off in accuracy from the CK / GK level to the others which is one of the reasons there are so many days of small doses.
GK is a one day option with a head frame , CK is typically done in fractions over three days and the others are the 25-30 day programs such as is offered by Jefferson.
Also I'll attach a link to the machine comparison from the CK site which I think is pretty accurate. Jefferson is using a shaped beam LINAC machine, probably Novalis
http://www.cksociety.org/PatientInfo/radiosurgery_stereotactic_technology_comparisons.asp
Good luck to you
Mark
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