Radiotherapy
Radiotherapy is a treatment for cancer, which uses beams of radiation to kill cancer cells. It may be done alone or in combination with other treatments such as surgery or chemotherapy.
Radiotherapy
See what happens during radiotherapy treatment. An expert describes what happens and advises what questions to ask if you're referred for radiotherapy.
Radiotherapy & Brachytherapy
How does it work?
Disabling effects
Care & Mobility needs ...
Radiotherapy (Radiation Therapy)
What is radiation therapy?
What are the types of radiation therapy?
What are the side effects of radiation therapy?
Side effects
Follow up
Radiotherapy research
Where this information comes from ...
Radiotherapy
Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology
Radiotherapy is used to treat or manage many types of cancer and over half of cancer patients will receive radiotherapy at some point in their treatment.
Radiotherapy
Radiotherapy plays a central role in the treatment of most brain tumors, whether benign or malignant.
Radiotherapy is the use of precisely targeted x-rays to destroy cancer cells. Normal cells can recover from radiotherapy.
In radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy), high-energy rays are used to damage cancer cells and stop them from growing and dividing. A specialist in radiation therapy is called a radiation oncologist.
What are the types of radiation therapy?
Definition of medical terminology for Planning, Computer-Assisted Radiotherapy.
Computer-assisted mathematical calculations of beam angles, intensities of radiation, and duration of irradiation in radiotherapy.
Latest Medical News ...
Alternate Names : Gamma knife, Cyberknife, Stereotactic radiotherapy, Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy, Cyclotrons, Linear accelerator, Lineacs, Proton beam radiosurgery
Definition ...
Radiotherapy
Radiotherapy uses radiation-in the form of a special kind of X-ray, gamma rays or electrons-to damage cancer cells so that they can't multiply. There is usually no pain during this kind of therapy.
Radiotherapy: The use of x-rays and other forms of radiation in treatment. Radiotherapy is useful in the treatment of localized lymphomas, especially Hodgkin lymphoma, central nervous system lymphoblastic leukemia, and localized myeloma.
radiotherapy
redi erpi noun the treatment of diseases by exposing the affected part to radioactive rays such as Xrays ...
radium ...
Radiotherapy/radiation therapy: Treatment with radiation to destroy cancer cells. External sources of radiation used include linear accelerators, cobalt, and betatrons.
Radiotherapy
Radiotherapy, or radiation therapy, is the use of ionizing radiation beams to kill malignant cells. This treatment option is primarily reserved for low-stage cancer patients with localized malignancies.
Radiotherapy
Radiotherapy for prostate cancer can be divided into two types: external beam radiation therapy and brachytherapy.
Radiotherapy
For some patients this may be all the treatment they require to be cured. The patient will attend a specialist centre as an outpatient for six to eight weeks.
Chemotherapy ...
Radiotherapy involves the use of ionising radiation, either as x-rays or radioactive isotopes, to treat disease.
Radius
The radius is a bone of the forearm that extends from the elbow to the thumb side of the wrist of the hand.
Radiotherapy
External beams of radiation are used to shrink the tumor. It is most often used when surgery cannot be used or when medications have failed.
Medication ...
Radiotherapy is an alternative to radical prostatectomy. At the time of writing there is no conclusive evidence to show that one method is more effective than the other.
Radiotherapy
Specific treatment of diseases such as cancer using high energy X-rays.
Radiation therapy
The use of radiation energy to interfere with tumor growth. See irradiation.
Radiotherapy
Bowen’s disease is reported to be radiosensitive, various forms of ionising radiation have been used and cure rates = 89-100%
Advantages ...
radiotherapy The use of high-energy radiation from x-rays, gamma rays, neutrons, and other sources to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors.
Radiotherapy - The treatment of disease by radiation.
Resorption - The process of losing a substance.
Radiotherapy: Another term used to describe radiation therapy or the use of radiation to treat cancer.
Radiotherapy
Radiotherapy refers to X-ray treatment, and is less commonly used to treat BCCs than in the past. It may be suitable for skin cancers on the face in the elderly. The best cosmetic results are achieved using multiple fractions, e.g.
Radiotherapy
This type of treatment uses high-energy rays to destroy the cancer cells, while doing as little harm as possible to normal cells.
Chemoradiotherapy or Combined Modality Therapy
Chemotherapy and radiation therapy together are better than radiotherapy alone. It has also been shown that these two treatments may be as effective as surgery alone.
Trimodality Therapy ...
thermoradiotherapy (hyperthermia)
The use of elevated temperatures at the site of treatment has been shown experimentally to improve the response of certain cancers to other forms of radiotherapy, as well as to chemotherapy.
Chemoradiotherapy: The combination of simultaneous chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Chemoradiotherapy before surgery has been found to reduce the risk of local recurrence of rectal cancer.
[edit] Radiotherapy
Radiotherapy is often given together with chemotherapy, and may be used with curative intent in patients with non-small-cell lung carcinoma who are not eligible for surgery.
Orbital radiotherapy
Orbital radiotherapy was once a common treatment for Graves' ophthalmopathy. Orbital radiotherapy uses targeted X-rays over the course of several days to destroy some of the tissue behind your eyes.
Radiotherapy, another of the three major cancer treatments, attempts to kill the cancer cells with radiation. The radiation is administered by controlled x-rays to the cancer-affected area.
Radiotherapy with conventional radiation or gamma knife is usually reserved for patients with prolactinoma that continues or gets worse after both medication and surgery.
Expectations (prognosis): ...
Radiotherapy has also been experimented with, and is found to be helpful in certain cases. Sometimes laser ablation may also be useful.
Radiotherapy (association between high-dose ionizing radiation and astrocytoma)
There is inconsistent evidence that electromagnetic radiation and cell phone use are associated with this condition.
Symptoms ...
- Radiotherapy and chemotherapy (alone or combined with surgery)
- Photodynamic therapy (for very early cancers in selected patients)
- Laser therapy (mainly palliative if the cancer is large) ...
Teleradiotherapy Using Photons; Megavoltage NOS; Supervoltage NOS; Use of: Betatron Linear Accelerator
92.26 -
Teleradiotherapy of Other Particulate Radiation; Neutrons; Protons NOS ...
Chemoradiotherapy - Chemoradiotherapy often requires a central venous access catheter (often termed a port). This is placed during surgery into one of the large blood vessels in the chest.
chemoradiotherapy
Treatment that combines chemotherapy with radiation therapy. Also called chemoradiation.
chemosensitivity
The susceptibility of tumor cells to the cell-killing effects of anticancer drugs.
While radiotherapy can be quite effective in treating certain cancers, the radiation damages both cancerous and non-cancerous cells. Because of this, there can be many undesirable side effects during and after treatment.
... of radiotherapy-induced emesis and postoperative nausea ... It is effective in reducing the incidence of emesis in patients undergoing chemotherapy (20,21) ...
Full article ...
Thoracic Radiotherapy; Transfer Ribonucleic Acid Threonine
TSA
Toluene Sulfonic Acid ...
Surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and lifelong medication such as insulin may be necessary to treat individual disorders of the pancreas.
Natural Remedies for the Pancreas ...
External radiotherapy is generally delivered on an outpatient basis, and directs radiation to the tumor and the area around it. Implant radiation therapy involves placing radioactive material into channels made in the brain.
Also called radiotherapy, this option uses high-energy rays to kill leukemia cells. For most patients, a large machine directs radiation at the spleen, the brain, or other parts of the body where leukemia cells have collected.
Conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT) uses a three-dimensional planning system to target a strong dose of radiation to the prostate cancer. This helps to protect healthy tissue from radiation.
Image Guided Radiotherapy Technology-Rapidarc
Image Guided Radiotherapy Technology-Tomotherapy
Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy ...
Comparison of radiotherapy types in the treatment of sialorrhea in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis… more…
Clinical Trial
No clinical trials found ...
Below are some radiotherapy questions you can be discuss with your doctor. It's important to gather as much information as you can.
Radiation Therapy Questions ...
Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are used as a first-line radical therapy in a number of malignancies. They are also used for adjuvant therapy, i.e.
Radiation, or radiotherapy, is another method of treating cancer. A person getting radiation for cancer will probably be treated by a radiation oncologist, someone who specializes in using radiation to kill cancer cells.
Cobalt treatment A radiotherapy machine using gamma rays generated from the radioisotope Cobalt 60.
Concomitant chemoradiotherapy
Depending on the stage of the cancer, concomitant chemoradiotherapy (a combination of chemotherapy and radiation therapy) may be used to avoid a laryngectomy, preserving the larynx and its ability to function.
RADIATION THERAPY (RADIOTHERAPY): the use of radiation to treat disease (especially cancer).
RADIOGRAPHY: the use of X-ray pictures, for example for diagnosis.
: Long-term effects in children treated with radiotherapy for head and neck rhabdomyosarcoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 48 (5): 1489-95, 2000.
Hua C, Bass JK, Khan R, et al.
: Stage I and II MALT lymphoma: results of treatment with radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 50 (5): 1258-64, 2001.
74.
Tsang RW, Gospodarowicz MK, Pintilie M, et al.
Also called chemoradiotherapy.
Permalink for chemoradiation
chemoradiotherapy (KEE-moh-RAY-dee-oh-THAYR-uh-pee) Treatment that combines chemotherapy with radiation therapy. Also called chemoradiation.
Permalink for chemoradiotherapy ...
: Chemoradiotherapy versus radiotherapy in patients with advanced nasopharyngeal cancer: phase III randomized Intergroup study 0099. J Clin Oncol 16 (4): 1310-7, 1998.
11.
Wolden SL, Steinherz PG, Kraus DH, et al.
 See also: Cancer, Surgery, Symptom, Aging, X-Ray
  
|
RSS
