Kidney cancer is one of the top ten most common cancers in both men and women. At Epic Care Cyberknife, our oncologists and radiation experts are skilled at kidney cancer treatment and, when necessary, kidney cancer surgery. Our Walnut Creek Cancer Center, Cyberknife location, understands the difficulty of a cancer diagnosis. For that reason, our radiation oncology team will work exceedingly hard to find a kidney treatment that is right for you. With the cyberknife cancer treatment, we are confident you can beat cancer and continue living a full and healthy life.

The kidneys are a pair of bean-shaped organs, each about the size of your fist. They’re attached to the upper wall on the back of the abdomen and safely protected by the lower rib cage. Each kidney is just on the right and left of the backbone.

The kidneys play a vital role in our bodies by removing excess water, salt, and waste from our blood and helping the body expel them as urine. The kidneys also help control blood pressure by producing the hormone, renin, and ensure the body has enough red blood cells by making another hormone, erythropoietin. This hormone tells the bone marrow to make more red blood cells.

Even though the kidneys are a vital part of the body, there are many people in the world that are living healthy, normal lives with just one kidney.

Cyberknife Treatment East Bay California & Kidney Cancer

The Cyberknife Treatment System is a non-surgical treatment that delivers an incredibly high dose of radiation therapy to the kidney(s) with pin-point accuracy. Cyberknife is a particular type of radiation therapy because it uses Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy or SBRT to ensure sub-millimeter accuracy on the kidney(s) and avoids harming other areas around the kidneys including healthy tissues. Cyberknife is the only radiation therapy technology that automatically tracks tumor motion and adjusts the treatment beam as natural kidney motion is detected.

For successful kidney cancer treatment, it is all about precision, this is why Cyberknife is so effective. One of the major difficulties in traditional cancer treatment is the ability to adjust for involuntary and unpredictable organ and tumor movement inside the body. However, with the Cyberknife System, these movements are tracked automatically and accurate radiation oncology will be delivered to the exact spot necessary on the kidney. Cyberknife can therefore save healthy tissues around the kidney like the lungs and bowel.

Typically, without Cyberknife, kidney cancer surgery is used; with Cyberknife, you can undergo an effective kidney cancer treatment that is non-surgical and more effective than surgery. Cyberknife treatments can be used in addition to surgery and chemotherapy. Treatment is non-invasive and is an outpatient procedure that can be completed in 1-5 kidney treatment sessions within one week. While other radiotherapy systems may require you to use uncomfortable hardware in order to keep the body from shifting or moving during treatment, the cyberknife requires no unpleasant equipment. The patient using the Cyberknife Treatment System, will only have to lie down and relax as the robotic arm tracks the tumor’s movements while delivering high doses of radiation.

Expectations for Kidney Cancer Patients

At Epic Care Cyberknife, the Walnut Creek Cancer Center, our kidney cancer patients can expect the following when undergoing treatment:

Consultation:First, all patients meet with one of our expert radiation oncologists to discuss your case and determine the most appropriate kidney cancer treatment plan. Typically, Cyberknife is deemed the best course of treatment for kidney cancer patients.

Pre-Treatment:Following the initial consultation, the patient will receive a CT scan to generate an image of the tumor. Using the information gathered, one of our board-certified oncologists will then create a customized treatment plan that will be the most effective at treating the tumor.

Treatment:A week after the imaging and dose planning, treatment will begin. For the majority of patients, Cyberknife kidney cancer treatment consists of four or five sessions during the course of one to two weeks. The treatment itself is non-invasive and does not require any anesthesia. The patient will be required to lay on our Cyberknife treatment table while specific radiation doses are targeted on the patient’s kidney tumor.

Schedule Your Consultation with Epic Care Cyberknife Today!

If you have recently been diagnosed with kidney cancer, please do not hesitate to contact Epic Care Cyberknife in Walnut Creek, California. Our radiation oncology department understands how difficult a cancer diagnosis is, but we will be here to deliver answers to your questions and effective treatments to cure your kidney cancer. Contact Epic Care Cyberknife at (925) 391-2220 or schedule your first consultation online. We look forward to helping you beat cancer with our cancer treatments in East Bay California and continue living a healthy life!