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| | Radiation therapy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Radiation therapy is usually given daily, the dose depends primarily on tumor type, but many other factors such as whether radiation is given alone or with chemotherapy, before or after surgery, the success of surgery and its findings and many other reasons that are considered by the treating doctor (known as a radiation oncologist). | | | Radiation therapy is commonly applied just to the localised area involved with the tumor. | | | In the most common forms of radiation therapy, most of the radiation effect is through free radicals. |
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| | Prostate Cancer Radiation Therapy - brachytherapy, external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) |
| | Radiation therapy also may be used for pain relief in prostate cancer that has spread to the bones (Stage M+) or that is no longer responding to hormonal therapy. | | | Conformal proton beam radiation therapy is another new type of radiation therapy. | | | Radiation therapy may be used when prostate cancer has not spread beyond the prostate. |
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| | Patient Information |
| | Radiation therapy is the treatment with high-energy radiation of cancer (though occasionally non-cancerous conditions are treated). | | | Radiation therapy is an effective treatment modality, and virtually all cancer treated will shrink. | | | Radiation therapy given for palliation is usually effective. |
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| | [Dept of Radiation Oncology : General Patient Info] |
| | The radiation oncologist and the therapist place the patient in the treatment position. | | | Radiation therapy nurses help doctors educate each patient and his/her family about cancer and radiation treatment. | | | In some cases the radiation therapist marks the area to be treated directly on the patient's skin. |
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| | Radiation Oncology |
| | Radiation Therapy treatment is utilized in approximately 50-60% of all cancer patient treatments. | | | The radiation oncologist (physician who specializes in the use of radiation therapy in the treatment of cancer and other diseases) participates in the multidisciplinary planning of individually tailored care for each patient. | | | Radiation therapy planning is performed with sophisticated three-dimensional computerized treatment planning systems. |
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| | College Search, College Resources, Career Information :: Schools in the USA |
| | The oncologist will often spend about an hour with the patient just talking about the problem and what the most appropriate therapy is. If a patient needs radiotherapy, the radiation oncologist will plan that treatment. | | | A radiation oncologist is a physician who specializes in treating cancer through radiation therapies and methods. | | | Radiation oncologists may decide to work in other areas of oncology and help treat patients with chemotherapy or other new technological treatment methods. |
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| | Cancer Center of Santa Barbara Radiation Oncology |
| | The challenge of radiation therapy is to prevent injury to critical systems near the tumor, such as the spinal cord, kidneys, and pelvis, which are sensitive to radiation. | | | Radiation therapy is a primary method of cancer treatment, available in Santa Barbara only at the Cancer Center. | | | Approximately half of all cancer patients receive radiation therapy, which uses high energy radiation to cure cancer or alleviate pain and other symptoms. |
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| | WHAT IS RADIATION ONCOLOGY |
| | Radiation therapy, used appropriately, can be used to prevent tumors from growing and provide an "intent to cure" approach for the pet with cancer. | | | In keeping with this commitment to quality cancer therapy, this group also utilizes a radiation physicist and state-of-the-art computer-based therapy planning unit to ensure the radiation therapy patient is appropriately treated with a minimal amount of normal surrounding tissue irradiated. | | | Radiation can also be used to control pain from cancer. |
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| | Treatment ~ Northwest Arkansas Radiation Therapy Institute |
| | A radiation therapist is a highly trained individual responsible for education and delivery of radiation therapy treatments and the interaction between the patient and other health care professionals. | | | Conventional external beam radiation therapy is the most commonly used method of administering radiation therapy treatments. | | | Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), is a form of three-dimensional highly conformal radiation therapy that is very beneficial in some applications. |
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| | Sloan-Kettering - Breast Cancer: Radiation Therapy |
| | Radiation therapy works by causing changes at the molecular level in tissues where the radiation beam is targeted. | | | IMRT and three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy already are effective treatments for prostate cancer and are proving to be useful in treating breast cancer, as well. | | | Because the risk of side effects is greater when radiation therapy is used a second time, our physicians can help minimize those effects while maximizing the patient's chances of successful treatment. |
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| | AMA (Ethics) American College of Radiology |
| | Radiologists and radiation oncologists should uphold all laws, uphold the dignity and honor of the medical profession and accept its self-imposed discipline and deal honestly and fairly with patients and colleagues. | | | Radiologists and radiation oncologists should at all times be aware of their limitations and be willing to seek consultations in clinical situations where appropriate. | | | A radiation oncologist should regularly treat patients only in settings where the radiation oncologist reasonably participates in the quality of patient management, utilization review and matters of policy which affect the quality of patient care. |
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| | Radiation Oncology - Greenebaum Cancer Center |
| | Protocols and techniques for 3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy are being developed and refined to improve the application and outcomes of radiation therapy. | | | IMRT (Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy) is a new cancer treatment that uses varying beam intensities to send radiation to the tumor site from the most favorable paths. | | | Utilizing state-of-the-art equipment, radiation oncologists at The University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center use radiation therapy to treat all types of cancer. |
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| | radiation on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Zampano is participating in a study using radiation therapy for heart disease. | | | Michael C. Darby, is a certified medical dosimetrist, who works with radiation oncologists to help patients fight cancer and its pain. | | | A father is overcome with sadness as he sits with his daughter who is suffering from the effects of radiation. |
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| | Radiation Onology Personnel |
| | The nurses are an intregal part of the radiation oncology treatment team and work very closely with the radiation oncologists to manage treatment. | | | The therapists are caring and compassionate and are focused on the successful outcome of treatment. | | | Her clinical interests and specialties include Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), 3D conformal therapy, image-guided surgery, stereotactic radiotherapy and functional MRI. |
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| | Radiation Oncologists |
| | She is a member of the Southern California Society of Radiation Therapists, and the American Society of Radiation Therapists. | | | She is a member of the American Society of Radiation Therapists. | | | He is a member of the Southern California Society of Radiation Therapists, and the American Society of Radiation Therapists. |
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| | Exposures to radiation oncologists |
| | Conclusion: Radiation exposure should not be a significant consideration in choosing a career in radiation oncology. | | | In the early days of radiology, before therapeutic and diagnostic separated as specialties, and before any radiation protection was in place, some studies showed a slightly elevated incidence of cancer among radiologists. | | | What is the average monthly exposure of a radiation oncologist? |
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| | UT Southwestern radiation oncologists expanding scope of life-saving Accuray technology |
| | Hak Choy (left), chairman of radiation oncology, and Dr. Lawrence Chinsoo Cho, associate professor of radiation oncology, are overseeing a new clinical trial for liver cancer using the Accuray, which pinpoints high-beam radiation therapy on cancer cells with unprecedented accuracy. | | | She believes - as do her doctors - that the treatment she received, which pinpoints high-beam radiation therapy on cancer cells with unprecedented accuracy, saved her life. | | | The device is cleared by the Food and Drug Administration for radiosurgery for lesions anywhere in the body when radiation treatment is needed. |
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| | Urologists and Radiation Oncologists Agree on Some Aspects of Prostate Cancer Treatment but Not on Which Is Best |
| | The study also found that almost all the urologists and radiation oncologists agreed that prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing should be included as part of primary care physicians' routine physical examination of men between 50 and 75 years of age. | | | More than nine of every 10 urologists questioned (93 percent) said they considered prostate surgery better than radiation therapy for men with a normal life expectancy of 10 years or more, while 72 percent of the radiation oncologists indicated that they believed radiotherapy worked as well as radical prostatectomy for such men. | | | The findings are based on answers to questionnaires returned by 559 radiation oncologists (76 percent response rate) and 504 urologists (64 percent response rate) from across the nation. |
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| | Thomas Jefferson University Hospital - Jefferson Neurosurgeons, Radiation Oncologists Wrap Radiation Around Spine to ... |
| | Using the most advanced radiation technology currently available in the region, neurosurgeons and radiation oncologists at the Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia have for the first time wrapped beams of radiation around a patient’s spine, relieving pain from several cancerous tumors there while avoiding the spinal cord. | | | According to one of her physicians, neurosurgeon Ashwini Sharan, M.D., assistant professor of neurosurgery at Jefferson Medical College, the woman would have needed three separate surgeries, including abdominal surgery to reach the cancer in her lumbar spine, and back surgery to reconstruct her spine with medical screws. | | | It enables doctors to treat a range of hard-to-reach benign and malignant tumors in the brain and spine they couldn’t treat before, often avoiding invasive surgery and speeding the patient’s recovery. |
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| | USC radiation oncologists unveil 'virtual patient' software |
| | The "virtual patient" lets doctors more easily plan three-dimensional conformal radiation treatment, in which therapists manipulate radiotherapy beams to precisely fit the shape of each patient's tumor. | | | The program was licensed to SSGI/Prowess Systems, a Chico, Calif.-based company that makes software for radiation therapy treatment planning. | | | No other place that we know of offers this to all of their patients," Streeter said. |
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| | deseretnews.com 'Dirty bomb' radiation not so scary, experts say |
| | Radiation does a tremendous amount of good when given in a controlled medical setting." | | | "The conventional explosive itself will probably do more damage than the radiation that's tagged to the bomb," said ASTRO spokeswoman Nancy Daly, who is also a nurse with a master's degree in public health and nursing. | | | "Sometimes skin will shield you from certain types of radiation. |
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| | Welcome to University of California, Irvine Department of Radiation Oncology |
| | The Department of Radiation Oncology offers a wide range of advanced radiation therapy procedures. | | | To help patients understand what radiation treatments are like, we have included a short description in the | | | Advances in physics research provide more effective methods of treatment delivery. |
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| | Select a Medical Service Cancer Center |
| | Through the Sophia and Bernard Gordon Cancer Center at Lahey Clinic, a complete range of medical and surgical specialty departments are extensively-and in many cases, exclusively-involved in the care of cancer patients. | | | Our significant core of board-certified cancer specialists includes four hematologic oncologists, four medical oncologists, six radiation oncologists, and nearly 50 surgical oncologists from various departments Clinic-wide. | | | A multidisciplinary approach is the foundation for cancer services at Lahey. |
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| | Radiation Oncologists |
| | The entire cancer care team is dedicated to providing the best care and is accredited by the American College of Radiology and participates in major national research studies. | | | I am a radiation oncologist and treat patients with all types of cancer. | | | Glenn Applegate, MD Ranjini Gandhavadi, MD Carl Olson, MD Craig Schulz, MD Scott Tannehill, MD Glenn Applegate, MD Radiation Oncologist |
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| | Radiation Oncologists |
| | They serve as the primary neuro-oncologist for many of the patients who receive radiation therapy alone or those who are followed after surgery and who require no additional therapy. | | | Pediatric Radiation Oncologists are specialists in the treatment of brain tumors with radiation therapy. | | | They are trained to diagnose, treat and follow children with brain and spinal cord tumors. |
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| | Mayo Clinic Radiation Oncologists Use Respiratory Gating Technology To Target Tumors |
| | Mayo Clinic Study Finds Radiosurgery Is Effective Alternative To Surgery (April 25, 2002) -- A Mayo Clinic study has found that radiosurgery on a rare, typically benign intracranial tumor, is an effective alternative to surgery. | | | Mayo Clinic is a multispecialty medical clinic in Jacksonville, Fla. The staff includes 328 physicians working in more than 40 specialties to provide diagnosis, treatment and surgery. | | | Serago and Vallow say that patients with breast, lung, liver, pancreas and possibly kidney cancer will be evaluated to see if respiratory gating can be used in their radiation therapy. |
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| | Radiation Oncology Group Cancer Treatment Centers of Western New York |
| | Radiation Oncology Group Cancer Treatment Centers of Western New York | | | All types of radiation-responding cancers are treated, with special emphasis on breast, prostate, head and neck, skin, lung and rectal cancer. | | | At Radiation Oncology Group, our mission is to administer the best definitive cancer treatment available in a caring, compassionate manner. |
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| | Memorial Cancer Institute |
| | The team includes medical oncologists, surgical oncologists, radiation oncologists, hematologists, nurse practitioners, certified chemotherapy nurses, radiation therapists, pharmacists, physicists, dosimetrists, social workers, laboratory technologists, dietitians, exercise physiologists, clergy and home health professionals. | | | In addition, hundreds of physicians within Memorial Healthcare System are available to lend their assistance and expertise. | | | Every staff member has received specialized education and training and, in many cases, certification. |
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| | M. D. Anderson Cancer Center - Division of Radiation Oncology |
| | Our unmatched range of equipment includes the latest strategies to treat tumors aggressively, while reducing or eliminating some of the side effects that accompany radiation treatment. | | | By using the most current treatment planning technology available to "map" tumors, our radiation oncologists can design treatments with pinpoint accuracy, ensuring that tumors get the most effective dose while healthy tissues and organs are spared. | | | At M. Anderson, we are always refining radiation oncology treatment methods |
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| | RSNA.org: Mid-Atlantic Society of Radiation Oncologists |
| | Active members will be physicians who are Board Eligible or Board Certified in Therapeutic Radiology, physicists and radiation biologists. | | | To provide a forum for scientific interaction and educational interaction. | | | Residents in training in therapeutic radiology exclusively shall be eligible for Junior membership. |
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| | Radiation oncologist -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | During this time they learn about oncology, the physics and biology of ionizing radiation, and the treatment of cancer patients with radiation. | | | See also: ((medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to radiation from a radioactive substance) radiotherapy, (The branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of tumors) oncology. | | | In some countries, radiotherapy and chemotherapy are controlled by a single oncologist who is a "clinical oncologist". |
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| | Oncology and Radiation Associates |
| | The physicians of Oncology and Radiation Associates ("ORA") created a unique network for community based cancer care. | | | The network includes 16 medical oncologists, 6 radiation oncologist and 1 licensed psychotherapist, ORA also offers incomparable patient access with 14 office sites serving South Florida Hospital. | | | With an experienced management team lead by Dr. |
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