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Brachytherapy; Radiofrequency Ablation; Radiosurgery
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Cancer is a class of diseases characterized by uncontrolled cell division and the ability of these cells to invade other tissues, either by direct growth into adjacent tissue (invasion) or by migration of cells to distant sites (metastasis). This unregulated growth is caused by a series of acquired or inherited mutations to DNA within cells, damaging genetic information that define the cell functions and removing normal control of cell division. ... 
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Radiation therapy is a cancer treatment that uses high-energy x-rays or other types of radiation to kill cancer cells. There are two types of radiation therapy. External radiation therapy uses a machine outside the body to send radiation toward the cancer. Internal radiation therapy uses a radioactive substance sealed in needles, seeds, wires, or catheters that are placed directly into or near the cancer. The way the radiation therapy is given depends on the type and stage of the cancer being tr...
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Cancers as related to Radiation Therapy
Results- Cancers & Benign Lesions Treated (Radiation Therapy)
Lung Cancer - Radiation may be the main mode of treatment for lung cancer, especially for those who are not healthy enough to undergo surgery. After surgery, radiation therapy can ...
- Beaumont Hospitals – Radiation Therapy for Head & Neck Cancers ...
The incidence of head and neck cancers is estimated to be just under 40,000 new cases in the U.S. for 2006. Greater than 11,000 deaths in the U.S. will be as a result of head and ...
- Radiation Therapy for Laryngeal and Hypopharyngeal Cancers ...
Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays or other types of radiation to kill cancer cells. Radiation therapy is sometimes used as the main treatment, often in combination with ...
- Radiation therapy for gynecologic cancers of the uterus, ovaries ...
An informational based website created by physicians and members of radiation oncology teams to explain how radiation therapy is used to safely and effectively treat common types ...
- SERO: Radiation Therapy for Gynecologic Cancers
An informational based website created by physicians and members of radiation oncology teams to explain how radiation therapy is used to safely and effectively treat common types ...
- Radiation Therapy for Blood-Related Cancers
Basic information for patients about radiation therapy as a treatment for blood-related cancers such as leukemia and lymphoma.
- RT Answers - Answers to Your Radiation Therapy Questions
An informational based website created by physicians and members of radiation oncology teams to explain how radiation therapy is used to safely and effectively treat common types ...
- ACS :: Radiation Therapy for Thymic Cancers
Radiation therapy uses high energy radiation to kill cancer cells. External beam radiation therapy uses radiation focused on the cancer, delivered from outside the body.
- Radiation Cancer Treatment
... various skin cancers; cancers of the mouth, nasal cavity, pharynx and larynx; brain tumours and many gynaecological, lung cancers, and prostate cancers. Radiation therapy ...
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