Has anyone ever heard of Cyberknife?  I only heard about it earlier today, but I hope that someone out there in the network has heard of it and can offer even some glint of information.

The shaped beam procedure is mostly for the brain and spine. I am not sure if thats what your looking for but I hope this helps. Here is a link from 2005 below.

they do offer some limited hope for inoperable tumors - but they are somewhat limited in what they can cure.  I would go with traditional surgery where possible - and use the radiation as a secondary choice if in-operable.  

the concept is that if you use either a rotational beam or several weak beams of ionizing radiation damage to non-focused tissue (presumably healthy) will be minimal while the tissue that receives the constant or mutiple beams of ionizing energy will be damaged enough to cause cell death...

Great theory... and as I say, for inoperable tumors - hope.

I saw the doc today.  He looked at and felt the enlarged lymph node near my left collarbone.  He looked at me and said, "it is no doubt SMALLER today than it was on Friday."

YES!!!

CyberKnife is manufactured by Accuray (www.accuray.com).  Company recently went public based on their technology, which represents the next generation of radiosurgery.