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Radiation therapy, targeted: A procedure that uses computers to create a 3-dimensional picture of the tumor in order to target the tumor as accurately as possible and give it the highest possible dose of radiation while sparing normal tissue as much as possible. It is also known as 3-D conformal (or conformational) radiation therapy.
Conventional radiation therapy directs x-rays not only at the tumor but also unavoidably at nearby healthy tissue. Targeted radiation is meant to deliver a higher dose of radiation to the cancer without causing so much damage to surrounding tissues.
Targeted radiation therapy is in use to treat prostate cancer and is under study with other types of cancer including lung cancer, brain tumors and cancer of the head and neck.
MammoSite 5-Day Targeted Radiation Therapy is delivered from inside the breast directly to the area that cancer is most likely to occur, and reduces the exposure of ...
Targeted radiation therapy: A procedure that uses computers to create a 3-dimensional picture of the tumor in order to target the tumor as accurately as possible and give ...
Precisely targeted radiation therapy can eradicate all evidence of disease in selected patients with cancer that has spread to only a few sites, suggests the first ...
Radiation therapy uses targeted energy to kill cancer cells, shrink tumors, and provide relief of certain cancer-related symptoms. At Cancer Treatment Centers of America ...