Sentences with phrase «beam radiation therapy»

All of the patients in the trial underwent between six and nine weeks of external beam radiation therapy for prostate cancer.

80 % of dogs treated with external beam radiation therapy survive for 1 year, with 72 % at 3 years.

A form of external beam radiation therapy that delivers a few very large fractions of radiation using new high precision technology.

Ten dogs were treated with a weekly course fraction beam radiation therapy along with mitoxantrone and piroxicam chemotherapy.

Primary treatment for specific tumor types Indications for the use of external beam radiation therapy for the primary treatment of tumors has expanded significantly with the emergence of SRS for pets.

Previously, studies have consistently demonstrated that conventionally fractionated high dose external beam radiation therapy (CRT), consisting of daily treatment for two months, decreases prostate cancer recurrence, and improves metastasis - free survival.

The other 200 patients were randomised to dose - escalated external beam radiation therapy (DE-EBRT) and received an additional 32 Gy of external beam radiation to achieve a total prostate dose of 78 Gy.

The original RTOG 9202 trial (Hanks 2003) evaluated the potential benefits of long - term adjuvant androgen deprivation (LTAD) for two years after initial androgen deprivation, when compared to short - term (initial) androgen therapy (STAD) in mostly high - risk prostate cancer patients receiving external beam radiation therapy (EBRT).

The researchers used the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Database to identify 7,359 patients with advanced stage cervical cancer treated with external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) between 1988 and 2009.

Treatment of disorders of the central nervous system including malignant, benign and functional diseases, Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) via both Gamma Knife and Linear Accelerator platforms, Stereotactic ablative radiation (SABR), Proton Beam Therapy (PBT), External beam radiation therapy (EBRT), Intensity - modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), Volumetric arc therapy (VMAT), Image - guided radiation therapy (IGRT)

If external - beam radiation therapy (the most common kind) is part of your breast cancer treatment, you'll probably have a 20 - minute session at a clinic or hospital every weekday for six or seven consecutive weeks.

If the tumor involves the surrounding tissue and therefore can not be removed surgically, external beam radiation therapy is often used.

«External beam radiation therapy is often performed over several treatments and can only be administered to animals under general anesthesia.»

In another study external beam radiation therapy was combined with administration of ketoconazole.