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.
All of the patients in the trial underwent between six and nine weeks of external
beam radiation therapy for prostate cancer.
Not exact matches
Despite complications sometimes more severe than with standard
radiation therapy — and costs that are much higher
for taxpayers, patients and insurers — proton
beam therapy is heavily marketed
for treatment of prostate cancer.
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.
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.
Conventional medicine's main types of treatment
for breast cancer include surgery,
radiation therapy, external
beam radiotherapy, chemotherapy, targeted
therapy, and hormone
therapy.