Intensity Modulated and Image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT)
Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) IMRT involves using hundreds of tiny radiation beam-shaping devices, called collimators to impart a single […]
Radiation Therapy
Internal radiation therapy
Internal radiation therapy The radiation delivered from radiation sources namely radioactive material placed inside or on the body is known
Stereotactic radiosurgery and Sterotactic body radiation therapy
Stereotactic radiosurgery: Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) can be used to deliver one or more than one high dose radiation to small
Systemic radiation therapy
Systemic radiation therapy A patient ingests or takes an injection of a radioactive substance such as radioactive iodine or radioactive
Proton Therapy
Proton Therapy Proton beams and photon beams are used to deliver external –beam radiation therapy. Protons are charged particles. The
Tomotherapy and External-beam radiation therapy
TomotherapyTomotherapy is a kind of image guided IMRT. A tomotherapy machine is a mix of a CT imaging scanner and
How is radiation therapy given to patients?
Radiation can either emerge from radioactive materials placed within the body and close to the cancer cells, commonly known as