Most often radiation therapy is given in small doses throughout several weeks through an outpatient facility. This is especially true of external beam radiation therapy given with the use of a linear accelerator. Most often radiation will only be administered once a day but occasionally can be given twice daily if recommended. For most patients..
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Unlike external radiation therapy which is delivered outside of the body, internal radiation therapy delivers radiation inside or on the body. There are a few manners in which this type of therapy is delivered: interstitial, intracavitary and episcleral brachytherapy. Interstitial allows radiation to be placed within the tumor. Intracavitary allows a source of radiation to..
Radiation therapy is given to patients in a few different manners. In this article we will discuss external-beam radiation therapy. This method is done using a linear accelerator, otherwise known as a LINAC. Depending on the type of cancer being treated, the size of the cancer, the location of the cancer and a few other..
In this installment radiation therapy as a treatment for cancer we will look deeper into why some cancer patients receive radiation and some don’t. We will also concentrate on how individual radiation therapy differs from patient to patient. Radiation therapy is administered with two different intents: curative and palliative. When radiation is given with a..
Many patients going through radiation therapy don’t truly understand how their tumors are shrunk or the cancer cells killed. It is a complex procedure that many physicians are not able to simplify for patience just learning they have cancer. It is a term that is commonly tossed out in the treatment plan of various cancers;..