Radiation oncology/Related Articles

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Parent topics

• Oncology [r]: The medical diagnosis and treatment of neoplasia, using pharmacologic, radiation, immunologic and surgical techniques; relevant formal subspecialties are medical oncology in internal medicine and radiation oncology in radiology; surgeons also may specialize in neoplasia ^[e]
• Radiology [r]: A physician specialty with a core competence in obtaining and diagnosing by means of instruments that receive energy transmitted through the body; there are a number of subspecialties. ^[e]

Subtopics

Planning

• Computer-assisted radiotherapy planning [r]: Computer-assisted mathematical calculations of beam angles, intensities of radiation, and duration of irradiation in radiotherapy ^[e]
• Dose fractionation [r]: Administration of the total dose of radiation (radiation dosage) in parts, at timed intervals ^[e]
• Health physics [r]: The science concerned with problems of radiation protection relevant to reducing or preventing radiation exposure, and the effects of ionizing radiation on humans and their environment ^[e]

Therapies

• Brachytherapy [r]: A collective term for interstitial, intracavity, and surface radiotherapy. It uses small sealed or partly-sealed sources that may be placed on or near the body surface or within a natural body cavity or implanted directly into the tissues. ^[e]
• Electron beam therapy [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Plesiotherapy [r]: Add brief definition or description
• X-ray therapy [r]: Add brief definition or description

Other related topics

• Antineoplastic agent [r]: Drug that prevents the development, maturation, or spread of neoplastic cells. ^[e]