Medical Services • Surgical Services

The power of technology

NCH’s investment in CyberKnife Radiosurgery provides the people of the northwest suburbs with one of the most advanced treatments for cancerous and non-cancerous tumors, lesions and a few other medical conditions. A groundbreaking form of radiation therapy, CyberKnife’s highly precise technology is designed to shrink or destroy tumors that were previously considered inoperable.

CyberKnife is the only dedicated, full-body radiosurgery system in the world that can treat tumors anywhere in the body – painlessly – without the need for invasive surgery.

The CyberKnife System provides:

• Total Clinical Accuracy: CyberKnife has proven to be the most accurate, real-time, image guided radiosurgery system in the world. CyberKnife is so precise, extremely high dose radiation beams can conform to small, complex-shaped tumors while helping to avoid surrounding healthy tissue and critical structures.
• 100% Frameless: Utilizes an image guided robotic arm to precisely track and pinpoint the tumor, eliminating the need of invasive stabilizing frames to keep you motionless. Slight movement during treatment is no longer a problem.
• Painless Surgery: CyberKnife allows patients to be treated in a unique radiosurgery suite where painless "surgery" is performed with no incisions, no blood, no anesthesia and no recovery time. Uses fully automated, image guided robotic arms to precisely pinpoint the tumor and deliver extremely high doses of radiation with such extreme accuracy that it can destroy or shrink the tumor without touching the healthy tissue.
• Better Quality of Life, During and After Treatment: The simple outpatient CyberKnife procedure allows patients to undergo their treatment and immediately resume normal activities.

To request more information on the CyberKnife Stereotactic Radiosurgery System (SRS) at Northwest Community Hospital, or call HealthConnection at 847.618.4YOU.

To find out if CyberKnife is a viable treatment option for you, call Kathy Vehlow, RN, CyberKnife oncology nurse coordinator at 847.618.6772.

For a physician referral, please call HealthConnection at 847.618.4YOU, or click on the links on the left side of this page to view a list of oncology specialists at Northwest Community Hospital.