What is Radiotherapy? A Basic Definition

Radiotherapy \Ra`di*o*ther"a*py\
   (r[=a]`d[i^]*[o^]*th[e^]r"[.a]*p[y^]), n. [Radio- + therapy.]
   (Med.)
   Treatment of disease by means of x-rays or radioactivity.
   Radiotherapy of cancer is based on the fact that cancer cells
   are more sensitive to radiation than most other cells in the
   body.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

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Mon Aug 4

• Prostate cancer and its treatment by external beam radiotherapy
• Cancer diary: I'm going to live until I die' - Health - MSNBC.com: Verhaal van George Lewis over zijn ervaring met proton radiotherapie ter bestrijding van zijn prostaatkanker
• Daily Herald | Battle over proton cancer therapy center goes to court: Central DuPage Hospital versus Northern Illinois University
• American Shared Hospital Services Reports 2008 Second Quarter Results: Heeft ook apparatuur ontwikkeld voor proton beam radiation therapie. Nog niet goedgekeurd door de FDA.
• 50th AAPM Meeting In Houston, July 27-31: Science Highlights: Met als aanvulling een link naar de abstracts

Mon Jul 21

• Layered leaves improve beam shaping: MedicalPhysics Web

Wed Jul 16

• Radiotherapy

Sun Jul 13

• Radiotherapy Cambridge University
• USQ - Australia: Bioinformatics Radiotherapy, Dr Jesus Lopez

Fri Jul 11

• Cancer firm expects NHS to fall short (HSJ): Sikora comes clean.

Fri Jul 4

• Types of Radiation | Radiation Information and Answers

Sun Jun 29

• ACORRN | Home

Sat Jun 28

• RT Only

Fri Jun 27

• Brief Introduction about the Diploma - Medical Radiotherapy is available here

Mon Jun 23

• Therapy: Reversed protection : Article : Nature Reviews Cancer: Mice gained increased protection from lethal radioactive doses by being pre-treated with flagellin, which activates the NF-kappa-beta transcription factor. Increased levels of superoxide dismutase and TNF-alpha resulted. Also there were fewer apoptotic ce

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