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External beam radiation therapy is used to treat many types of cancer. it is a local treatment, where a machine aims radiation at your cancer. Learn more about different types of external beam radiation therapy, and what to expect if you're receiving treatment.
External beam radiation therapy is a type of radiation therapy. With external beam radiation therapy, a treatment machine aims beams of radiation at the tumor. The beams pass through your body and damage cancer cells in their path. You will not see or feel the radiation.
External Beam Therapy, Second Edition is an essential, practical resource to guide the use of external beam radiotherapy, highlighting the rapid technological advances made in recent years.
External radiation (or external beam radiation) is the most common type of radiation therapy used for cancer treatment. A machine is used to aim high-energy rays or particles from outside the body at the tumor.
External beam radiotherapy is when a radiotherapy machine aims high-energy rays at the area of the body being treated. This treatment is normally given as a number of short, daily treatments in a radiotherapy department.
External beam radiotherapy is a treatment that uses high-energy beams to destroy cancer cells. The beams are given by using equipment that is similar to a large-scale x-ray machine. A radiographer operates the machine. This type of radiotherapy can be used to: Treat and cure cancer (curative radiotherapy)
Intensity-modulated radiation therapy. Introduction. IMRT is a technique which uses beams that, unlike the flat or wedged beams of conventional RT, have changing dose intensity across them, as shown in Figure 6.1 (Webb, 2003; Bortfeld, 2006).
