Pancreatic Cancer
Cancer of the pancreas may be treated in various ways, depending upon the type of cancer and what stage it has reached, but frequently the cancer is well advanced before it is discovered. Often a combination of therapies may be required and sometimes only palliative treatment may be possible.
For information on CyberKnife radiosurgery generally visit the CyberKnife page. For information on CyberKnife treatments for soft tissue tumours including cancer of the pancreas visit the CyberKnife soft tissue tumours page.
In recent years a highly flexible but accurately-targeted form of radiation treatment has been developed, which provides non-invasive treatment of certain types of pancreatic cancer. This is CyberKnife® radiosurgery, which differs from radiotherapy in several important ways.
CyberKnife® treatments now extend to the brain, eye, spine, lung, liver, prostate and pancreas with new treatment protocols being developed as the technology is more widely adopted.
Over 100,000 patients worldwide have been treated with this system and it is now being adopted rapidly due to rising demand, as it becomes better known.
CyberKnife® radiosurgery for pancreatic cancer
A1Med currently features the following centres for pancreatic treatment by CyberKnife
Zurich, Switzerland
Athens, Greece
To make a treatment enquiry to any of these centres, visit the CyberKnife Patients page.
Bangalore, India
Lyon, France
Proton therapy for pancreatic cancer
Proton therapy can be applied wherever conventional radiotherapy can be used, but because the radiation is more closely focussed on the tumour(s) it greatly reduces the impact of radiation on sound tissue.
Pancreatic treated by proton therapy include those in the head, body and papilla.
A1Med currently features the following centres providing proton therapy for pancreatic cancer
Munich, Germany
It can also reduce distressing side effects which are often associated with radiotherapy for certain types of cancer.
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