Sentences with phrase «delivers radiotherapy»

It's vital all women have access to clear information about the benefits and risks of this and other ways of delivering radiotherapy to allow them to make an informed choice.

The Ocular Oncology Service uses cutting - edge treatments and explores the newest treatment techniques, including those used to deliver radiotherapy and chemotherapy to the eye with minimal side effects.

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The results will be used to accurately calculate the damage and radiation dose delivered to patients in radiotherapy, when cancer cells are bombarded with ionizing radiation.

«These patients are too ill to receive any other treatment, but with stereotactic body radiotherapy we're able to deliver a safe and effective treatment in two weeks that can provide them with a substantial quality of life with minimal side effects.»

Researchers at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) are presenting a molecular imaging technique that allows oncologists to set patients» radiotherapy doses right at that critical limit of delivering the most powerful kill to neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) while protecting vulnerable vital organs.

Researchers at the University of Oxford and Ulster are investigating how to re-oxygenate tumors with a drink that could deliver extra oxygen to the site of the tumor, allowing radiotherapy and chemotherapy to deliver a knock - out blow.

In stereotactic radiotherapy, stereotactic radiation devices deliver radiation with beams of fast - moving subatomic particles.

In 1954, an era where only 5 % of patients with Hodgkin lymphoma survived, Drs. Henry Kaplan and Edward Ginzton invented the first medical linear accelerator in the Western Hemisphere to deliver therapeutic radiotherapy (RT) with improved accuracy and potency, leading to curative outcomes in a group of patients with Hodgkin lymphoma.

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

Quality Assurance and Safety Practices • Committed to high standards of delivering fine quality radiotherapy • In - depth knowledge of security issues and health hazards associated with mishandling of radiation