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.
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Illinois CyberKnife honors Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
1. Did
 you
 know?
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September is Prostate
Cancer Awareness
Month
1700 Luther Lane Suite 1110 Park Ridge, IL 60068 (847) 723-0100 www.illinoisck.com
2. Did you know?
The
 American
 Cancer
 Society
 es8mates
 241,740
 new
 prostate
Â
cancer
 diagnoses
 in
 2012.
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Quick
 stats:
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â˘âŻ 1
 in
 6
 men
 will
 be
 diagnosed
 with
 prostate
Â
cancer
 during
 his
 life:me.
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â˘âŻ Prostate
 cancer
 occurs
 mainly
 in
 older
Â
men.
 Nearly
 two
 thirds
 of
 cases
 are
Â
diagnosed
 in
 men
 aged
 65
 or
 above,
 and
 it
Â
is
 rare
 before
 age
 40.
 The
 average
 age
 at
Â
the
 :me
 of
 diagnosis
 is
 about
 67.
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â˘âŻ More
 than
 2.5
 million
 men
 in
 the
 United
Â
States
 who
 have
 been
 diagnosed
 with
Â
prostate
 cancer
 at
 some
 point
 are
 s:ll
 alive
Â
today,
 thanks
 to
 advancements
 in
Â
treatment.
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3. Did you know?
CyberKnife
 can
 noninvasively
 treat
 prostate
 cancer
 in
 ďŹve
 or
 fewer
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treatment
 sessions.
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How
 it
 works:
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â˘âŻ CyberKnife
 treats
 prostate
 cancer
 with
 a
 procedure
 called
Â
stereotac:c
 body
 radia:on
 therapy,
 a
 noninvasive
 method
 of
Â
trea:ng
 tumors
 with
 precisely
 targeted
 high-Ââdose
 radia:on.
 The
Â
result
 is
 greatly
 increased
 accuracy
 that
 spares
 healthy
 8ssue.
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Â
Â
â˘âŻ Prior
 to
 treatment,
 small
 metal
 :ssue
 markers
 known
 as
Â
ďŹducials
 are
 implanted
 in
 the
 prostate
 to
 help
 the
 CyberKnife
Â
pinpoint
 the
 tumor
 loca:on
 throughout
 each
 treatment,
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ensuring
 the
 radia8on
 beams
 delivered
 during
 treatment
 are
Â
always
 locked
 on
 the
 tumor.
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Â
â˘âŻ Pa:ents
 are
 then
 scheduled
 for
 no
 more
 than
 ďŹve
 CyberKnife
Â
treatments.
 Each
 treatment
 takes
 about
 30
 -Ââ
 40
 minutes,
 and
Â
pa8ents
 can
 return
 to
 their
 normal
 rou8nes
 following
 each
Â
procedure.
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â˘âŻ In
 recent
 years,
 CyberKnife
 has
 gained
 awareness
 among
Â
prostate
 cancer
 pa:ents
 in
 par:cular.
 Many
 men
 are
 drawn
 to
Â
the
 convenience
 of
 shorter
 treatment
 and
 fewer
 side
 eďŹects.
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4. Our Center
Illinois CyberKnife is part of Advocate Lutheran General Hospitalâs renowned Cancer Care Center,
located in the Center for Advanced Care on the hospitalâs 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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