What is Cyberknife and How Does it Work? | Ask A Prostate Expert, Mark Scholz, MD

PCRI's CEO, Alex Scholz, asks medical oncologist, Mark Scholz, MD, about Cyberknife, also known by the generic name stereotactic body radiation therapy or "SBRT." Cyberknife precisely delivers a high dose of beam radiation over a short duration (1 day to 2 weeks) with a side effect profile and cure rates comparable to longer-duration forms of beam radiation like IMRT.

0:06 What is Cyberknife?

2:11 How do the side effects compare to other forms of radiation?

2:50 How does a patient find out if a radiation oncologist and his team are skilled practitioners?

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