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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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