Talk:Cyberknife (device)

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Added a few sentences to this article as I do not think it accurately reflected the cyberknife's level of availability. Also to clarify that the clinical evidence cited are early studies which do not yet show any survival benefits over conventional treatment. Due to recent stories in the press I have been coming across many badly informed patients and I don't think this article is very helpful from a patient's perspective. --Epid (talk) 19:51, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This page is heavily biased, and appears to be written by someone Accuray hired to advertise their machine. The page fails to mention two of the major competitor machines (Varian's Trilogy and Elekta's Synergy). The Linac based radiosurgery machines can not only deliver a comparable treatment, but likely would do so in significantly less time. Also, the Trilogy or Synergy can also be used as conventional linear accelerators. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.61.62.26 (talk • contribs)

I believe this exact same article was deleted a month or two ago; now it is back, and I don't notice any substantial edits. The Cyberknife is a radiosurgical device, much like Kleenex is a tissue. There should be no articles solely about Kleenex or Cyberknife on Wikipedia IMHO. Scarbrtj 05:34, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, there seems to be some discussion of equipment offered by major competitors (such as the GammaKnife). However, the pages of competitors don't seem to discuss the CyberKnife. Strange. ccchhhrrriiisss 11:30, 16 December 2008 (GMT) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.108.13.66 (talk)

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BetacommandBot 05:16, 5 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

what comes out of the Cyberknife

What comes out of the Cyberknife? X-ray, gamma ray, proton, positron, or something else? --76.209.28.222 (talk) 21:22, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What type of radiation?

If you read the article you would find this information:

Mounted on the Robot is a compact X-band linac that produces 6MV X-ray radiation.

92.27.156.88 (talk) 21:37, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]