Sentences with phrase «traditional radiation therapy»

As SRS begins to emerge in veterinary cancer care, early reports indicate good outcomes and fewer side effects than traditional radiation therapy, and pet owners appreciate the significant reduction in daily visits to three or fewer.

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.

Two case studies provide an important potential new avenue for treatment of these types of tumors, which are resistant to traditional radiation therapies and difficult to manage even with surgery, the current standard of care.

Not exact matches

Traditional therapies for brain cancer — surgery, chemotherapy and radiation — haven't been very successful, says Memorial Sloan Kettering's Dr. Baselga, adding, «We have a tremendous need to develop new therapies, especially with children.»

Combining immunotherapies directed at the patient with more traditional therapies, like chemotherapy and radiation, which are directed at the tumor, is another area of intense scientific interest.

Traditional therapy involved mutilating and debilitating surgery followed by radiation treatments.

I immediately was hospitalized and treated with traditional chemotherapy and radiation therapy.

This team is equipped with the most advanced diagnostic and treatment technologies available to dogs and cats including CT scanner, MRI, and linear accelerator for traditional and stereotactic radiation therapy.

Over the last few years, immunotherapy has become the fourth arm in treating cancer, along with more traditional treatments such as surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy.

We can deliver radiation via photons or electrons, using both traditional (electron beam and clinical photon radiation plans) and cutting - edge radiation treatment plans (stereotactic radiation therapy (SRT) and intensity - modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)-RRB-.