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Dissecting the CyberKnife: Is it really such a big deal?

KUTRRH Chairperson Prof Olive Mugenda speaks after the hospital commenced CyberKnife services. [Courtesy]

When the Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital (KUTRRH) launched the CyberKnife System last May, the institution claimed to have made history by acquiring the device, which they said was the first and only fully robotic radiotherapy device for cancer treatment.

On Wednesday, the institution announced that it had made another medical milestone after treating its first patient for CyberKnife surgery.

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