The radiation may be delivered by a machine outside the body (external-beam radiation therapy), or it may come from radioactive material placed in the body near cancer cells (internal radiation ...

Conventional reirradiation using fractionated external-beam radiation therapy to a large volume with or without chemotherapy is tried with limited success and excessive morbidity and mortality.

The facility opened in October 2012. The MEDVAMC Radiation Therapy Center provides services to veterans in southeast Texas at the VA Medical Center’s main campus. The center provides External Beam ...

CRT: Conformal radiation therapy; EBRT: External beam radiation therapy ... by prescription dose [19] Tang University of Toronto Conventional linear accerelator CTV = prostate PTV = CTV + 4 ...

The therapy could potentially be just as effective as conventional radiotherapy—and with fewer complications. It's known as ...