My youngest brother who lives in Nth QLD was diagnosed with a brain tumour just after christmas in 2009. The tumour is malignant & inoperable and until recently it hasn't required any major treatments but now the tumour has grown and my brother who is only 27 is having to prepare himself for intense radiotherapy...Prepare himself for what the radiotherapy may do to his healthy brain cells and his health..the uncertainty of the after effects is just too distressing to contemplate -for everyone involved, not to mention how scared he must be- not only of this disease but worse - the treatment. I can't for the life of me understand why the Australian Government would think it's ok for people to endure this kind of emotional cruelty. Bring the CYBER KNIFE TECHNOLOGY to this country NOW...It's a disgrace that so many thousands of Australian citizens -tax payers, should have to suffer due to the government (both parties - all politicians) beeing so oblivious and uncaring to the needs of cancer patients in our country..
My youngest brother who lives in Nth QLD was diagnosed with a brain tumour just after christmas in 2009. The tumour is malignant & inoperable and until recently it hasn't required any major treatments but now the bloody thing has grown and my brother who is only 27 is having to prepare himself for intense radiotherapy...Prepare himself for what the radiotherapy may do to his healthy brain cells and his health..the uncertainty of the after effects is just too distressing to contemplate -for everyone involved, not to mention how scared he must be- not only of this disease but worse - the treatment. I can't for the life of me understand why the Australian Government would think it's ok for people to endure this kind of emotional cruelty. Bring the CYBER KNIFE TECHNOLOGY to this country NOW...It's a disgrace that so many thousands of Australian citizens -tax payers, should have to suffer due to the government (both parties - all politicians) beeing so oblivious and uncaring to the needs of cancer patients in our country..
I would rather have this for the remnants of my meningioma than radiotherapy. It's so typical.
I support this move! We need Cyberknife here! I have had cancer before and it was hell!
Australia needs to get with the times and fund Cybernife for so many cancers suffers, rather than many being forced to sell their homes to pay for a non invasive medical treatment overseas. Get with it Australian Government and don’t let anymore cancer victims down!
Every single day 30 Australians die from Cancer. Some of these deaths could be prevented if we had Cyberknife. Feel free to join our Facebook group
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Had I known about this type of treatment back in 2007, I would not have lost my mother to Cancer. She might still be with us to enjoy being a part of our lives. Now we can only visit her at Holy Trinity.
Hi My name is Debbie and I am from Brisbane, Australia. I have just undergone a mastectomy and lymph node removal from armpits. I would have definitely appreciated a non-invasive option and would like to register my interest in the cyberknife to Australia.
As a cancer patient there are many procedures which would be better if the treatment was not always so invasive. Sometimes the treatment is worse at least in the early stages. Good luck to everyone experiencing this disease and hope that Australia who usually lead in research can catch up with the practical.
Here are two good websites to help you with your CyberKnife research:
http://www.cksociety.org
http://www.accuray.com
Best of luck to you down under.
CyberKnife is a revolutionary technology which threatens many entrenched interests. Varian (which makes inferior gantry-mounted radiation sprayers) is a prime antagonist. They spread misinformation concerning radiosurgery and dispute Certificate of Need requests by hospitals that want to acquire CyberKnife technology. The more bureacracy, the more levers the entrenched interests have to pull. Doctors who have built successful practices around now obsolete treatment protocols refuse to advise their patients that CyberKnife may be an option for them or, worse yet, pooh-pooh CyberKnife as experimental or unproven even though it was approved by the FDA over 10 years ago. The state of medicine today is such that patients need to do their own research and take nothing they are told on face value. If you want CyberKnife in Australia, you will need to mobilize, raise awareness and tackle these issues using all available media and political channels.