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2. Radiation oncologist - Wikipedia

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   A radiation oncologist is a specialist physician who uses ionizing radiation (such as megavoltage X-rays or radionuclides) in the treatment of cancer. Radiation oncology is one of the three primary specialties, the other two being surgical and medical oncology, involved in the treatment of cancer.

3. Radiation treatment planning - Wikipedia

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   Doctor reviewing a radiation treatment plan. In radiotherapy, radiation treatment planning (RTP) is the process in which a team consisting of radiation oncologists, radiation therapist, medical physicists and medical dosimetrists plan the appropriate external beam radiotherapy or internal brachytherapy treatment technique for a patient with cancer.

4. Radiation therapy - Wikipedia

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   Radiation therapy for a patient with a diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, with radiation dose color-coded. It is estimated that half of the US' 1.2M invasive cancer cases diagnosed in 2022 received radiation therapy in their treatment program. [5] Different cancers respond to radiation therapy in different ways. [6] [7] [8]

5. Radiation therapist - Wikipedia

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   A radiation therapist, therapeutic radiographer or radiotherapist is an allied health professional who works in the field of radiation oncology.Radiation therapists plan and administer radiation treatments to cancer patients in most Western countries including the United Kingdom, Australia, most European countries, and Canada, where the minimum education requirement is often a baccalaureate ...

6. Proton therapy - Wikipedia

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   [118] Proton therapy is cost-effective for some types of cancer, but not all. [119] [120] In particular, some other treatments offer better overall value for treatment of prostate cancer. [119] As of 2018, the cost of a single-room particle therapy system is US$40 million, with multi-room systems costing up to US$200 million. [121] [122]

7. Targeted alpha-particle therapy - Wikipedia

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   Some α emitting isotopes such as 225 Ac and 213 Bi are only available in limited quantities from 229 Th decay, although cyclotron production is feasible. [9] [10] [11] Among alpha-emitting radiometals according to availability, chelation chemistry, and half-life, 212 Pb is also a promising candidate for targeted alpha-therapy.