Interventions of nursing with the new technology in cancer treatment: CyberKnife

Abstract

The Cyberknife is a robotic radiosurgery system with no fixation frame, used to treat benign tumors, malignant tumors and other medical conditions. The system consists of a method for administering ionizing radiation with the linear accelerator in a localized form and with greater accuracy than with conventional radiotherapy. As an Occupationally Exposed Personnel (NPO), the nurse must perform all her functions in the services and units where medical ionizing radiation is used; therefore, it works in strict collaboration with the radiologist, the physicist, the medical dosimetrist and the radiotherapy technician, since it provides the specific care to the patient in the exploration and treatment.