The Grenoble Alpes CHU radiotherapy service took care of its first patients with the new Cyberknife since early May © CHU de Grenoble
Cancer remains one of the main causes of mortality in France. According to the most recent data in public health France and the Inca (National Cancer Institute), 160,000 to 165,000 deaths per year per year are due to the disease. However, research is advancing, especially with the arrival of this robot in this French hospital.
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A robot that treats cancer
Now, patients from the Grenoble Alpes CHU can be treated by a robot, if they have cancer. His name is the cyberknife, and it is exactly versatile. All directions, are identified on its own and sends hundreds of millimeter beams, which converge directly on tumors to destroy them. He is oriented by all directions and projects hundreds of millimeter beams, precisely targeting tumors to destroy them.
However, the establishment is not the first to use it. Everywhere in France, Cyberknife tends to generalize to make access to care easier. “”When they needed this treatment, patients were sent to Marseille or Lyon. We are delighted to be able to offer it in Grenoble “says Camille Verry, cancerologist and head of the radiotherapy service.
The cyberknife robot, in the background. © CHU de Grenoble
This ultra-precise machine at 4.4 million euros is used to treat metastases in the brain, but also cancers elsewhere in the body. As Professor Verry explains, it allows you to do very targeted radiotherapy, whether in the skull or outside.
A technology concentrated to kill cancer cells. © Lightspring Shutterstock
A technology that develops
Another advantage of the cyberknife: it can follow tumors that move, like those of lungs with breathing, while continuing to treat them precisely. It also reaches difficult to access areas and makes it possible to target several brain metastases at the same time without damaging healthy tissues.
In addition, it makes the treatment lighter for the patient. “Since we can deliver a lot of doses, we need fewer sessions, where radiotherapy is often spread over several weeks”had experienced Doctor Tazi, oncologist at the Sainte-Anne hospital in Alsace, who also owns this technology, interviewed by France Bleu last November.
As we said before, Cyberknife technology is installed everywhere in France, but also internationally. Last year, its American manufacturer Accuray estimated that around 1,100 robots had been deployed.
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