In the middle of a brightly lit room, a rounded white robot awaits its next patient. Called the CyberKnife, this machine, vaguely reminiscent of the vending machines on car assembly lines, is the ultimate in radiotherapy. Two technicians work in a small adjoining room, shielded from powerful X-rays by a 25cm-thick armored steel door.
This type of machine (the cost of which is between 4 and 6 million euros) can irradiate the target with millimeter accuracy, which is not very common in France; there are about fifteen at most. The Hartmann Institute Radiotherapy Center, located in Frank.
Levallois-Perret is the only one in Britain to have two machines of this type.
Preparing patients for sessions
The system is tremendous in accuracy, but the car “It can be overwhelming for the patient– explains Dr. Ilan Darmon, radiation oncologist of the institute. This can cause stress and shortness of breath…
Source: Le Figaro
