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Radiation Therapy

Cancer treatments that use ionizing radiation, particle beams or radioactive isotopes to damage or destroy tumor cells, delivered externally, internally or intraoperatively. This includes radiotherapy broadly and its core delivery techniques (external beam radiotherapy, intensity-modulated radiotherapy, image-guided radiation therapy, stereotactic body radiotherapy, stereotactic radiation therapy, stereotactic radiosurgery, tomotherapy, hypofractionated high-dose intensity-modulated radiotherapy, FLASH radiotherapy, total body irradiation, whole brain radiotherapy, prophylactic cranial irradiation, intraoperative radiation therapy, intraoperative electron radiation therapy, targeted intraoperative radiotherapy and the isocentric technique used to aim it), radiosurgery platforms (CyberKnife, Gamma Knife radiosurgery), particle and neutron-based modalities (particle therapy, proton therapy, proton beam therapy, fast neutron therapy, boron neutron capture therapy and its therapeutics variant, grenz rays), and radioactive-isotope or radiopharmaceutical treatments (brachytherapy, prostate brachytherapy, radioactive iodine therapy, selective internal radiation therapy, peptide receptor radionuclide therapy, targeted alpha-particle therapy, radioimmunotherapy). A treatment whose primary destructive mechanism is heat, ultrasound, an electric field, a surgical instrument or a drug rather than radiation is grouped elsewhere even when radiation is used alongside it.

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Boron neutron capture therapeutics

Oncologic Therapy

Boron Neutron Capture Therapy

Oncologic Therapy
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Brachytherapy

Oncologic Therapy
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CyberKnife

Oncologic Therapy

External Beam Radiotherapy

Oncologic Therapy
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Fast Neutron Therapy

Oncologic Therapy
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FLASH radiotherapy

Oncologic Therapy
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Gamma Knife Radiosurgery

Oncologic Therapy
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Grenz Rays

Oncologic Therapy
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Hypofractionated High-Dose Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy

Oncologic Therapy

Image-Guided Radiation Therapy

Oncologic Therapy

Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy

Oncologic Therapy

Intraoperative Electron Radiation Therapy

Oncologic Therapy
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Intraoperative Radiation Therapy

Oncologic Therapy
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Isocentric Technique

Oncologic Therapy

Particle Therapy

Oncologic Therapy
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Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy

Oncologic Therapy
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Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation

Oncologic Therapy
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Prostate Brachytherapy

Oncologic Therapy
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Proton Beam Therapy

Oncologic Therapy
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Proton Therapy

Oncologic Therapy
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Radioactive Iodine Therapy

Oncologic Therapy
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Radioimmunotherapy

Oncologic Therapy
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Radiotherapy

Oncologic Therapy
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Selective Internal Radiation Therapy

Oncologic Therapy
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Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy

Oncologic Therapy

Stereotactic Radiation Therapy

Oncologic Therapy
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Stereotactic Radiosurgery

Oncologic Therapy
1 link

Targeted Alpha-Particle Therapy

Oncologic Therapy
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Targeted Intraoperative Radiotherapy

Oncologic Therapy
1 link

Tomotherapy

Oncologic Therapy
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Total Body Irradiation

Oncologic Therapy
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Whole Brain Radiotherapy

Oncologic Therapy
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1. Radiation therapy (Wikipedia)
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Radiation therapy or radiotherapy (RT, RTx, or XRT) is a treatment using ionizing radiation, generally provided as part of cancer therapy to either kill or control the growth of malignant cells.
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