First do no harm.
This guiding precept impacts every decision a physician makes. For radiation oncologists, it has sometimes been a major stumbling block when it comes to fighting aggressive or hard-to-reach tumors. After all, the life-saving radiation therapy also carries with it a huge risk to the healthy tissue surrounding a lesion.

After researching available options, the Sarah Cannon Cancer Center has opted to purchase a knife that will never make a cut, yet promises to be a highly effective weapon in the war on cancerous and benign tumors. Rocky Billups, RN, MS, administrator for SCCC, said installation of Middle Tennessee's first CyberKnife System® begins later this month at Centennial Medical Center. He anticipates the robotic radiation system will be operational by July.

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