External beam radiation therapy (EBRT) is a form of radiotherapy that utilizes a high-energy collimated beam of ionizing radiation, from a source outside...

cancer-cure rates of brachytherapy are either comparable to surgery and external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) or are improved when used in combination with these techniques...

internal sources such as injected radiopharmaceuticals or from external beam radiotherapy in oncology. Radioisotopes such as the positron emitters 18F and...

differentiate. Currently, the standard of care is fractionated external beam radiotherapy, as the tumour location precludes surgery, and chemotherapy has...

cancer. The chief advantage of proton therapy over other types of external beam radiotherapy is that the dose of protons is deposited over a narrow range of...

Particle therapy is a form of external beam radiotherapy using beams of energetic neutrons, protons, or other heavier positive ions for cancer treatment...

functions related to the said molecule structures. In many types of external beam radiotherapy, motion can negatively impact the treatment delivery by moving...

Agency (IAEA). All of the injured were cancer patients receiving external beam radiotherapy. On 7 December 1990, a technician performed maintenance on an...

Electron therapy or electron beam therapy (EBT) is a kind of external beam radiotherapy where electrons are directed to a tumor site for medical treatment...

the 1950s, cobalt-60 was widely used in external beam radiotherapy (teletherapy) machines, which produced a beam of gamma rays which was directed into the...

potentially making patients amenable to curative surgery. The role of external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) in thyroid cancer remains controversial and there is no...

publications on the subject. Image-guided radiation therapy is a form of external beam radiotherapy where the patient is positioned with the organs to be treated...

radiation for imaging. Like a conventional machine used for X-ray external beam radiotherapy (often referred to as a linear accelerator or linac, their main...

Beam's eye view (abbreviated BEV) is an imaging technique used in radiation therapy for quality assurance and planning of external beam radiotherapy (EBRT)...

produced. They are used in medicine in external beam radiotherapy to treat neoplasms, cancer and tumors. Beams with a voltage range of 4-25 MV are used...

appropriate external beam radiotherapy or internal brachytherapy treatment technique for a patient with cancer. In the early days of radiotherapy planning...

a radiotherapy beam in order to shape it and vary its intensity. MLCs are used in external beam radiotherapy to provide conformal shaping of beams. Specifically...

of energies used for diagnostic radiography, and are used in external beam radiotherapy to treat cancer and tumors. They penetrate tissue to a useful...

also be used to assess suitability for and plan treatment with external beam radiotherapy and PSMA-targeted radionuclide therapy. Attempts have been made...

this concept include its application in external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) using protons or ions. An external alternating-current power supply provides...

shielded during the IORT. Conventional radiation techniques such as external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) following surgical removal of the tumor have several drawbacks:...

In external beam Radiotherapy, transverse and longitudinal dose measurements are taken by a radiation detector in order to characterise the radiation beams...

the first-line course of action to remove the primary tumor. External beam radiotherapy has been used in one person to prevent the relapse and growth...

external-beam radiotherapy. In some patients with estrogen-receptor-positive breast carcinoma metastatic to the bone only, external-beam radiotherapy...

metastasis involving one or two segments. Meanwhile, conventional external beam radiotherapy is more suitable for multiple spinal involvement. SRS may be administered...

century and initially consisted of intraprostatic radium implants. External beam radiotherapy became more popular as stronger X-ray radiation sources became...

chemotherapy produced far more side effects then a course of external beam radiotherapy (EBRT).[citation needed] However, it has been found a single dose...

to destruction. Also, IOERT is often used in combination with external beam radiotherapy (EBR) because it results in less integral doses and shorter treatment...

originally used to decide the best treatment result by using external beam radiotherapy, as well as, the likeliness of salvaging the globe of the eye...

with symptoms of moist desquamation. While modern megavoltage external beam radiotherapy have peak radiation doses below the skin, older orthvoltage systems...