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The 2015 update of guidelines of the Association of Gynecological Oncology (AGO), an autonomous community of the German Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics (DGGG) and the German Cancer Society includes TARGIT IORT during lumpectomy as a recommended option for women with a T1, Grade 1 or 2, ER positive breast cancer. [5]
Superficial X-rays are low-energy X-rays that do not penetrate very far before they are absorbed. They are produced by X-ray tubes operating at voltages in the 10–100 kV range, and therefore have peak energies in the 10–100 keV range. [1] The Maximar-100 was a widely-adopted superficial radiation therapy unit.
It has also been used with Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy to assist with the initial set-up and detect intrafraction patient motion throughout treatment. [3] For stereotactic surgery , SGRT allows a frameless system to be used to monitor the surface of the patient within an open-face immobilization mask.
A 200 kV orthovoltage X-ray tube used for radiation therapy, 1938. Orthovoltage X-ray machines are similar to diagnostic (radiography) X-ray machines, except that higher voltages are used and the X-ray tube is longer, to prevent the high voltages from arcing across the tube. ICD10 =
Body sites in which brachytherapy can be used to treat cancer. Brachytherapy is commonly used to treat cancers of the cervix, prostate, breast, and skin. [1]Brachytherapy can also be used in the treatment of tumours of the brain, eye, head and neck region (lip, floor of mouth, tongue, nasopharynx and oropharynx), [10] respiratory tract (trachea and bronchi), digestive tract (oesophagus, gall ...
External beam radiation therapy (EBRT) is a form of radiotherapy that utilizes a high-energy collimated beam of ionizing radiation, from a source outside the body, to target and kill cancer cells. The radiotherapy beam is composed of particles, which are focussed in a particular direction of travel using collimators. [ 1 ]
Radiation therapy (RT) is in itself painless, but has iatrogenic side effect risks. Many low-dose palliative treatments (for example, radiation therapy to bony metastases) cause minimal or no side effects, although short-term pain flare-up can be experienced in the days following treatment due to oedema compressing nerves in the treated area ...
The Maximar-100 is a radiation therapy device that was made by General Electric to deliver superficial x-rays. Maximar 100 X-Ray Unit Superficial Therapy. The Maximar-100's x-ray source is the GE SRT-1, [1] an x-ray tube specifically designed for use in the Maximar-100. This is a fixed-anode, reflection-type x-ray tube, whose name is composed ...