7th October 2022, Nairobi-Kenya Jos hansen East Africa a leading healthcare solutions provider has delivered the first state of the art cancer robotic equipment known as CyberKnife System into Kenya that will revolutionize cancer care .
Through CyberKnife® System which is a non-invasive, non-surgical, pain-free treatment option for cancer with proven results. It is the first and only radiotherapy device that brings true robotic precision and the ability to track, detect and correct for tumor motion in real-time, to the treatment of cancer.
Equipped with a fully fledged global team of engineers with expertise to train, operate and maintain the CyberKnife® System, Jos Hansen will be installing the state of art technology at the Kenyatta University Teaching Referral & Research Hospital (KUTRRH) making it the second of its kind in Africa after Egypt.
Jos Hansen (East Africa) Ltd is a leading distributor of quality healthcare equipment and is the exclusive distributor of Accuray Cyberknife and Tomotherapy equipment, including the next generation Radixact System in Kenya . Inc. a global leader in Cancer solutions based in USA, cyberknife is approved to treat a variety of cancers, including tumors in the brain, breast, liver, lung, pancreatic and prostate areas.Making it unique, the robotic system has precise and accurate radiation to the cancer tumor with realtime Motion synchronization that provides intrafraction Imaging enabling tracking and Correction with Automatic AI real-time. This helps in eliminating the inconvenience and risk associated with the insertion of a needle-like probe into the tumor through the skin. The benefits of the CyberKnife® system is its Non-invasive (no surgery or anesthesia required) this is able to reach areas of the body previously thought untreatable and this is able to track position of cancer tumor.The treatment takes only 1-5 sessions and is able to verify cancer tumor position and tumor precision treatment without affecting other organs”.
“Jos Hansen is proud to be an exclusive partner for Accuray Inc. for CyberKnife® S7 System, bringing quality cancer care.”
About CyberKnife
TThe CyberKnife® System is a non-invasive, non-surgical, pain-free treatment option for cancer with proven results. It is the first and only radiotherapy device that brings true robotic precision and the ability to track, detect and correct for tumor motion in real-time, to the treatment of cancer.
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