SABR uses ultra-high dose radiotherapy to kill the all cancer cells in the target area. It is effectively the same as a surgeon removing a tumour they see. SABR can be used in any part of the body and for multiple tumours at the same time. SABR can help people live longer and live with better quality of life in their fight against cancer.

Gamma Knife is a radiotherapy machine dedicated to the treatment of small tumours in the brain. The Gamma Knife controls the release of radiation from almost 200 radiation sources. When a frame is used, it is capable of delivering brain SABR in a single treatment (Radiosurgery or SRS) with an accuracy under a mm.

CyberKnife is a radiotherapy machine dedicated to delivering SABR or SRS for tumours in any part of the body. Using a robotic arm, it can move the radiotherapy beam in any direction and follow tumours as they move in a person’s body. To achieve this, it sometimes requires a marker to be inserted into or near the tumour.

Proton therapy uses a proton beam instead of an x-ray beam to deliver radiotherapy. It similarly aims to kill every cancer cells in a target area and is typically uses a longer course of treatment rather than SABR or SRS. For certain people Proton radiotherapy can allow higher doses to their tumour and/or lower doses to their surrounding normal cells.