September is National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, and Illinois CyberKnife encourages men seeking prostate cancer treatment to educate themselves on the range of options available to treat the disease.

1. Did
you
know?
September is Prostate
Cancer Awareness
Month
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2. Did you know?
The
American
Cancer
Society
es8mates
241,740
new
prostate
cancer
diagnoses
in
2012.
Quick
stats:
• 1
in
6
men
will
be
diagnosed
with
prostate
cancer
during
his
life:me.
• Prostate
cancer
occurs
mainly
in
older
men.
Nearly
two
thirds
of
cases
are
diagnosed
in
men
aged
65
or
above,
and
it
is
rare
before
age
40.
The
average
age
at
the
:me
of
diagnosis
is
about
67.
• More
than
2.5
million
men
in
the
United
States
who
have
been
diagnosed
with
prostate
cancer
at
some
point
are
s:ll
alive
today,
thanks
to
advancements
in
treatment.
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3. Did you know?
CyberKnife
can
noninvasively
treat
prostate
cancer
in
five
or
fewer
treatment
sessions.
How
it
works:
• CyberKnife
treats
prostate
cancer
with
a
procedure
called
stereotac:c
body
radia:on
therapy,
a
noninvasive
method
of
trea:ng
tumors
with
precisely
targeted
high-­‐dose
radia:on.
The
result
is
greatly
increased
accuracy
that
spares
healthy
8ssue.
• Prior
to
treatment,
small
metal
:ssue
markers
known
as
fiducials
are
implanted
in
the
prostate
to
help
the
CyberKnife
pinpoint
the
tumor
loca:on
throughout
each
treatment,
ensuring
the
radia8on
beams
delivered
during
treatment
are
always
locked
on
the
tumor.
• Pa:ents
are
then
scheduled
for
no
more
than
five
CyberKnife
treatments.
Each
treatment
takes
about
30
-­‐
40
minutes,
and
pa8ents
can
return
to
their
normal
rou8nes
following
each
procedure.
• In
recent
years,
CyberKnife
has
gained
awareness
among
prostate
cancer
pa:ents
in
par:cular.
Many
men
are
drawn
to
the
convenience
of
shorter
treatment
and
fewer
side
effects.
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4. Our Center
Illinois CyberKnife is part of Advocate Lutheran General Hospital’s renowned Cancer Care Center,
located in the Center for Advanced Care on the hospital’s campus in the Chicago suburb of Park
Ridge. Our center treats prostate cancer patients, and our physicians possess clinical expertise in
treatment of prostate cancer. Call or visit our website to learn more about CyberKnife treatment for
prostate cancer.
Medical Director: Dr. Arica Hirsch
CyberKnife Nurse: Linda Green, BS RN
Other Resources
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