Radiosurgery at Swedish Medical Center
Although its name suggests scalpels, operating rooms and recovery time, stereotactic radiosurgery involves no cutting and no hospital stay.
The Swedish Radiosurgery Center, formerly the Seattle CyberKnife Center, offers both CyberKnife and Gamma Knife radiosurgery in one location on the Swedish/Cherry Hill campus in Seattle. This means our radiosurgery experts are able to select the most appropriate treatment – the one that will provide you the best results.
What is stereotactic radiosurgery?
Stereotactic means to use imaging to precisely locate an object in the body, such as a tumor, and to create a three-dimensional (3-D) picture of it.
Radiosurgery is a type treatment that uses 3-D images to aim many beams of radiation at a diseased or damaged area in the body in order to destroy it.
Stereotactic radiosurgery treatment is very precise and avoids injury to surrounding, normal structures.
CyberKnife can be used to treat tumors in any part of the body. Gamma Knife is used to treat brain tumors, cancer that has metastacized to the brain, and a variety of neurological conditions, such as arteriovenous malformations, essential tremor and trigeminal neuralgia.
Appointments & Referrals
Call us at 206-320-7130 if you want help finding a physician certified in CyberKnife and/or Gamma Knife, or to schedule an appointment for a consultation.
News
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February 7, 2012 Swedish Opens Cerebrovascular Center on Cherry Hill Campus
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August 26, 2011 KUOW Radio Airs Pieces on CyberKnife for Breast Cancer at Swedish, New Directions in Cancer Care
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December 17, 2010 Swedish Establishes Integrated Radiosurgery Center; Gamma Knife Paired with CyberKnife® in First Facility of its Kind in the Region
Contact Information
Radiosurgery Center
550 17th Ave.James Tower, Suite A10
Seattle, WA 98122
Phone: 206-320-7130
Fax: 206-320-7137
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