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external beam radiotherapy — treatment by radiation emitted from a source located at a distance from the body; called also beam therapy, external beam therapy, and teleradiotherapy … Medical dictionary
external radiation therapy — A type of radiation therapy that uses a machine to aim high energy rays at the cancer from outside of the body. Also called external beam radiation therapy … English dictionary of cancer terms
External beam radiotherapy — otherwise known as teletherapy, is the most frequently used form of radiotherapy. The patient sits or lies on a couch and an external source of radiation is pointed at a particular part of the body. Kilovoltage (also known as Superficial or Deep) … Wikipedia
beam therapy — external beam radiotherapy … Medical dictionary
external-beam radiation therapy — A type of radiation therapy that uses a machine to aim high energy rays at the cancer from outside of the body. Also called external radiation therapy … English dictionary of cancer terms
Stereotactic external-beam radiation therapy — is a type of external radiation therapy that uses special equipment to position the patient and precisely deliver radiation to a tumor. The total dose of radiation is divided into several smaller doses given over several days. Stereotactic… … Wikipedia
stereotactic external-beam radiation therapy — A type of external radiation therapy that uses special equipment to position the patient and precisely deliver radiation to a tumor. The total dose of radiation is divided into several smaller doses given over several days. Stereotactic external… … English dictionary of cancer terms
Beam's eye view — (or BEV) is an imaging technique used in radiation therapy for the quality assurance and planning of External Beam Radiation Therapy treatments. These are primarily used to ensure that the relative orientation of the patient and the treatment… … Wikipedia
Intraoperative Electron Radiation Therapy — (or IOERT ) is the application of electron radiation directly to the residual tumor or tumor bed during cancer surgery. IOERT has been called precision radiotherapy , as the physician has direct visualization of the tumor, can exclude normal… … Wikipedia
therapy — 1. The treatment of disease or disorder by any method. SEE ALSO: therapeutics. 2. In psychiatry, and clinical psychology, a short term for psychotherapy. SEE ALSO: psychotherapy … Medical dictionary
