CyberKnife case review
Is CyberKnife relevant for your case?
A decision cannot be made from the diagnosis name alone. The review considers location, size, treatment history, and your imaging. This page explains how records are reviewed and what to prepare.
What happens after you submit
These five steps are the workflow recorded in the provider record. TanyaKanker prepares and forwards the records; clinical decisions remain with the provider team.
Upload medical history and records privately
You send the records you already have. The upload is private and used only to assess completeness.
TanyaKanker prepares a PatientCase and checks completeness
The records are organized into a case summary and checked for completeness before they are forwarded.
The access team sends a summary for specialist review
The summary is sent for specialist review when that is necessary for your access goal.
The hospital confirms options, document needs, and cost estimate
The facility determines treatment options, additional documents, and a cost estimate. That is the provider's decision, not TanyaKanker's.
If the patient chooses to continue, the team helps with appointment, visa, and travel
Only if you choose to proceed: assistance with scheduling, travel documents, and the visit.
Provider review is required. There is no automatic answer, and no decision can be made from the diagnosis name alone.
See source separation
Source separation
According to Foshan CyberKnife Center materials
The workflow steps on this page are the provider's recorded access pathway. Provider marketing claims are not independent medical evidence, and no outcome claim is taken from them.
TanyaKanker explanation
The document list and assessment factors come from TanyaKanker's content module, not provider marketing material.
This page makes no statement about treatment outcomes, the superiority of a method, or case acceptance.
What the team needs to consider
These factors help determine why one case can be discussed while another cannot. There is no automated score behind the list; the output is always a review, not a number.
Tumor location
How close it is to organs or tissue that must be protected.
Tumor size
Size affects whether focused irradiation can be planned.
Number of lesions
One lesion or several; the number changes the treatment consideration.
Prior radiotherapy
Site, date, dose, and fraction count if any.
Nearby critical organs
Structures that limit the maximum dose that can be delivered.
Motion and breathing
Moving targets change how tracking is used.
Functional status
General condition affects treatment choice.
Treatment goal
Local control, symptom relief, or another agreed goal.
What to submit
The more complete and readable the imaging, the further a case can be discussed.
Most recent CT / MRI / PET-CT
Include DICOM when available; this is often the most important file.
Radiology report
The official reading for the imaging above.
Pathology result
Tumor type and grade when a biopsy has been done.
Prior treatment summary
Surgery, radiotherapy, and systemic therapy with dates.
Prior radiotherapy history
Site, date, dose, fraction count, and plan if accessible.
Molecular / NGS result
When relevant for later options.
Functional status
If known and recorded by the treating team.
This is an initial list. The facility may request additional records after reviewing your case.
Read the limits of this review
What this page does not provide
- This is not a diagnosis. Imaging is not interpreted and staging is not determined here.
- This is not a treatment recommendation or a treatment plan.
- This does not guarantee that the facility will accept the case. Suitability is assessed by the provider team.
- No price is promised. A figure appears only in a written provider quote.
A review, not a promise
This information is not a diagnosis or a medical recommendation. Decisions remain with your medical team.
When CyberKnife may not be suitable
This list is not an assessment of your case. It explains situations in which focused therapy may not be the main consideration, so no one waits for an answer that this pathway cannot provide.
- Disease has spread widely so local therapy is no longer the main focus.
- Tumor size or location means focused dose cannot be delivered safely.
- Prior radiotherapy to the same area means cumulative dose limits must be calculated.
- The treatment goal is better answered by another approach, including systemic therapy or surgery.
- The patient's overall clinical condition makes focused therapy a lower priority.
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Frequently asked questions
How do I know whether CyberKnife is relevant for my case?
A doctor must review tumor location, size, number of lesions, treatment history, and imaging. Diagnosis name alone is not enough.
What happens after I send records?
Records are organized into a case summary, checked for completeness, and forwarded for review when the access goal requires it. You receive a written answer before deciding.
Next step
Start with the records you already have
We check whether the records are complete and explain the next step. Suitability has not been assessed and is not promised.
See related reading
Read before deciding
CyberKnife: cluster overview
What CyberKnife is and what it is not.
CyberKnife cost
Factors that change an estimate, without a fixed figure.
CyberKnife in Foshan
What is verified and what remains unverified.
Second opinion
When an existing plan needs another review.
Clinical trials
Active studies with their status and locations.
Preparing medical records
An ordering of records that makes review easier.
This information is not a diagnosis or a medical recommendation. Decisions remain with your medical team.
Not a diagnosis and not final medical advice. Must be reviewed by a doctor.