Sentences with phrase «during radiation therapy»

This allows the radiation therapists to make sure patients remain in the proper position during radiation therapy and to adjust the radiation beams as needed.

Can you discuss how a feeding tube placed can help with nutritional intake during radiation therapy for head and neck cancer?

If you are coming from a distance, talk with our nursing staff to discuss the logistics of having your pet board at the hospital during radiation therapy.

The study showed that patients who held their breath during radiation therapy had only a 1.4 percent rate of ischemic heart disease after 8 years of follow up and an estimated rate of 3.6 percent after 10 years.

The gadolinium's net positive charge would be able to absorb excess electrons, which tend to recombine with hydroxyl radicals — corrosive molecules formed during radiation therapy against a tumor — and eliminate their cancer - killing effects.

In the past, with static imaging, this meant using crude approximations to account for a patients» breathing motion during radiation therapy.

Researchers are experimenting with two ways to use gold nanoparticles — in one case, to reduce the collateral damage caused during radiation therapy while increasing effectiveness, and in another, as the targets of laser beams to help kill tumor cells.

Her thesis research involved detector development, real - time in vivo dosimetry and position tracking during radiation therapy treatments.

Acupuncture has been shown to decrease these side effects allowing the patient to be able to swallow, eat and drink normally, protect the health of the teeth and gums and reduce the incidence of infections, pain and swelling in the mouth and throat during radiation therapy.

Other factors come into play too, such as how much tissue was removed during a lumpectomy, or what the extent of damage was during radiation therapy.