Peer-reviewed literature on the CyberKnife® System is accumulating rapidly. Below is a list of papers published in respected medical journals describing CyberKnife treatment throughout the body, along with a brief summary for each. Click on the links to see each paper’s full reference and abstract located online (most on PubMed, a medical research search site maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health).

Liver

BOOK CHAPTER: Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Liver Malignancies Using the CyberKnife. Goodman 2008 (link to Springer Publishing). Researchers from Stanford University treated 20 patients with liver malignancies using the CyberKnife System.  At a median of 7 months they observed limited toxicity and 76% of the treated lesions showed a decrease in size.  The researchers concluded that CyberKnife System treatment to the liver for primary or metastatic malignancies is feasible and safe.
Click here for full abstract