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An innovative machine that combines the knowledge of specialists in the field ofoncology to the precision of robotic technology, which will allow 300 patients a year to be treated with maximum accuracy. The. was inaugurated at the Bellaria hospital in Bologna CyberKnife S7, a unique radiotherapy machine of its kind in Emilia Romagna and among the most accurate in the world. It is a robotic arm which, moving in all directions, emits the radiation beam from several different angles and corrects it in real time without interruptions and without forcing the patient to change position: this allows you to hit the malignant mass and, at the same time, save as much possible healthy tissue around the tumor.
The ‘killer technology’ revolution
Purchased thanks to the donation of 4.5 million euros from the Carisbo Foundation and Intesa Sanpaolo, CyberKnife is available to patients of the Bologna Local Health Authority who have a brain tumor: “It is a ‘killer technology’ – explains the neurosurgeon in the Ircss Institute of Neurological Sciences Alfredo Conti – a real revolution. Not only is it minimally invasive but it allows the patient to be treated during the day and return home to their family in the evening.”
Named after the pioneer of Neurosurgery
CyberKnife is a technology already widespread in hospitals for the treatment of tumors that are particularly difficult to treat due to the location of the malignant mass, such as lung, pancreatic and breast metastasis. But it is in Pavilion H of Bellaria that the most recent and cutting-edge model has been installed: “It will be essential to make Neurosurgery in Bellaria even more advanced”, declares the General Director of the Bologna Local Health Authority Paolo Bordonwhich also explains the choice to name the machine room after Doctor Giulio Gaist, founder and head of Neurosurgery in the Bolognese hospital: “He was the pioneer of Neurosurgery at an international level. He means making us responsible in our mandate”.
Minimal impact on patient health
CyberKnife S7 will be managed by the doctors of the multidisciplinary team that unites the Radiotherapy, Oncology and Neuro-Oncology departments of the Bologna healthcare company: “Three hundred patients from all over Italy will find sub-millimetric technology here – adds the regional health councilor Raffaele Donini – which will allow us to target diseased cells while saving healthy ones”. And he concludes Elisa D’Angelodirector of Radiotherapy at the Local Health Authority: “A fundamental technology in the humanisation of care because this type of treatment requires minimal effort from patients and allows them to live their everyday lives”.
