Sentences with phrase «body radiation treats»

Half - body radiation treats the dog's body one half at a time, first from the middle up, then from the middle down.

Not exact matches

Dr. Raquibul Hannan, left, and Dr. Robert Timmerman led a team that successfully used stereotactic body radiation therapy for the first time to treat an often deadly complication of kidney cancer.

IGRT is a common practice in both photon (traditional radiation therapy) and proton therapy to treat tumors close to sensitive structures and organs or in areas of the body prone to movement or change in shape.

Oncologists have long known that in rare cases, after patients receive radiation therapy to shrink a tumor, the immune system will mount an aggressive response that wipes out not only the tumor, but metastases throughout the body that hadn't been treated with the radiation.

Researchers have found that treating patients who have early stage non-small cell lung cancer with a type of radiotherapy called stereotactic body radiation therapy is associated with a small but increased risk of death from causes other than cancer.

We have developed our own computer software for intensity modulated radiation therapy, have been treating patients with stereotactic radiosurgery for more than 15 years, and have an established stereotactic body radiation program.

External sources consist of physical stress, emotional trauma, environmental toxins, cosmetics and body care items, chemically treated water we drink and bathe in, food that has been exposed to chemicals, antibiotics, hormones and pesticides, exposure to radiation, and medications.

Can anyone state a plausible account of Earth's radiation budget that does not treat Earth as a black body?