Philadelphia CyberKnife has been credentialed by the Radiological Physics Center (RPC), an organization funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to provide quality assurance auditing of dosimetry practices at institutions participating in NCI cooperative clinical trials. The RPC assures the NCI and cooperative clinical trial groups that all participating institutions have the equipment, personnel and […]
A research paper presented and authored by Philadelphia CyberKnife chief medical physicist Jun Yang, Ph.D. was awarded “Best Presentation” in the physics category at The Radiosurgery Society’s 2012 SRS/SBRT Meeting in California. The annual meeting brings together physicians, physicists, residents and researchers from around the world who are involved in stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and stereotactic […]
The research of the CyberKnife physician team was recently published in Frontiers in Oncology. Dr. Rachelle Lanciano, Dr. John Lamond, Dr. Steve Arrigo, Dr. Luther Brady, CyberKnife nurse Michael Good, and medical physicists Jing Feng and Jun Yang studied the effects of CyberKnife treatment on patients with liver metastases and liver tumors. The study, titled […]
In recognition of Patient Safety Awareness Week, Philadelphia CyberKnife joins a nation-wide effort to encourage engagement of patients, families and the community by promoting the importance of being an active participant in the health care delivery process.