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.
Not exact matches
A new screening tool for prostate cancer, the prostate - specific antigen test,
enabled doctors to detect it earlier in more men, and patients were flocking to hospitals for low
doses of conventional photon
radiation.
The tumors» recruitment of these inflammatory cells thus
enabled them to resist what would otherwise have been a deadly
dose of
radiation, so that their growth slowed only modestly compared to control mice that had received no
radiation.
Reported today in the British Journal of Cancer, the test could
enable doctors to monitor the effectiveness of treatments without exposing patients to repeated
doses of
radiation.
With advanced treatment - planning software and a board - certified
radiation oncologist, our cancer patients benefit from customized treatment plans and sub-millimeter precision that
enable the delivery of high -
dose radiation directly to the tumor with minimum
radiation exposure to the surrounding healthy anatomy.
Enables low -
dose radiation image capture without sacrificing clear, high - quality diagnostic images
The LINAC has multi-leaf collimators which
enable veterinary
radiation oncologists to shape the
radiation field to the contours of the tumor and minimize
dose to the surrounding normal tissues.