About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 94. Chapters: BEAMnrc, Bolus (radiation therapy), Bone-seeking radioisotope, Brachytherapy, Bragg peak, British Institute of Radiology, Charged-particle radiation therapy, Chemoradiotherapy, CHHIP, Cobalt therapy, Cyberknife, D50 (radiotherapy), Dose-volume histogram, Dose profile, Dose verification system, Dosimetry, Electron therapy, External beam radiotherapy, Fast neutron therapy, Gallium 67 scan, History of radiation therapy, ICAD Inc., Image-guided radiation therapy, Indiana University Health Proton Therapy Center, Indium-111 WBC scan, Intraoperative electron radiation therapy, Intraoperative radiation therapy, Iodine-125, Isocenter, List of proton treatment centers currently operating in the United States, Margaret Cleaves, Medical physics, Megavoltage X-rays, Microwave thermotherapy, Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute, Mobetron, Monitor unit, Multileaf collimator, Nanoimpellers, Neutron capture therapy of cancer, Neutron generator, Orthovoltage X-rays, Oxygen enhancement ratio, Particle therapy, Pencil-beam scanning, Pencil (optics), Percentage depth dose curve, Plaque radiotherapy, Positron emission tomography, Prostate brachytherapy, Quality Assurance Review Center, Radiation-induced lung injury, Radiation burn, Radiation oncologist, Radiation proctitis, Radiation Therapy Oncology Group, Radiation treatment planning, Radioimmunotherapy, Radiopharmacology, Radiosurgery, Royal College of Radiologists, Selective internal radiation therapy, SIR-Spheres, Sirtex, Stereotactic radiation therapy, Superficial X-rays, TARGIT, TheraSphere, Tissue to Air Ratio, Tomotherapy, Unsealed source radiotherapy. Excerpt: Radiation therapy (in American English), radiation oncology, or radiotherapy (in the UK, Canada and Australia), sometimes abbreviated to XRT or DXT, is the medical use of ionizing radiation, generally as part of cancer...
