Sentences with phrase «deliver high doses of radiation»

Stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) is the use of this very precise technology to deliver high doses of radiation in fewer treatments compared to conventional protocols.

Stereotactic radiosurgery, often used in human medicine, is designed to precisely deliver high doses of radiation to a tumor or localized cancer -LSB-...]

Proton beam therapy has the ability to deliver high doses of radiation directly to a tumour site with very little radiation being absorbed into healthy tissue.

They're also advised to avoid flying when the sun is having a solar particle event, which can deliver a higher dose of radiation in one flight than is recommended for the entirety of a pregnancy.

Stereotactic body radiation is a newer type of radiation therapy which delivers higher doses of radiation to the tumor but spares the surrounding tissue.

It precisely delivers a high dose of radiation to a very focal area in the brain while avoiding normal brain tissue.

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Among the advances that have already been made are linear accelerators that generate higher - energy radiation beams, and more versatile patient tables that enable radiation doses to be delivered to the tumor from a variety of angles and directions.

«In an earlier phase I clinical study, our group has shown that increasing the dose of radiation delivered daily with high precision and using image guidance may offset the need for chemotherapy in improving survival, and it may also improve quality of life measures by reducing treatment periods in half.

Studies have shown that the risk of heart disease is higher in this group of women after radiation treatment because it can be difficult to ensure that a sufficient dose of radiation is delivered to the left breast while adequately shielding the heart from exposure.

2004: IMRT (Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy) Program began to deliver high - precision radiation that conforms to the three dimensional shapes of tumors and delivers higher and well defined doses of radiation to tumors, and even specific areas within tumors, while minimizing radiation to surrounding normal tissue.

But, the required dose of radiation delivered to the chest is so high that a young woman getting just a single scan, for example, may increase her lifetime risk of breast cancer and lung cancer by between around 1 and 4 %.