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External Beam Radiation Therapy

Known as: Definitive Radiation Therapy, external beam radiation, External Beam Radiotherapy 
A type of radiation therapy that uses a machine to aim high-energy rays at the cancer from outside of the body.
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Review
2010
Review
2010
Task Group 101 of the AAPM has prepared this report for medical physicists, clinicians, and therapists in order to outline the… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Therapy options at the time of recurrence of glioblastoma multiforme are often limited. We investigated whether treatment with a… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
PURPOSE Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) 8610 was the first phase III randomized trial to evaluate neoadjuvant androgen… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
PURPOSE To determine if iridium implant (IM) and external-beam radiation therapy (EBRT) is better than standard EBRT in locally… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Context.— Interstitial radiation (implant) therapy is used to treat clinically localized adenocarcinoma of the prostate, but how… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
CONTEXT Interstitial radiation (implant) therapy is used to treat clinically localized adenocarcinoma of the prostate, but how it… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
PURPOSE This randomized, prospective study assesses the impact of postoperative external-beam radiation therapy on local… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
The thyroid gland of children is especially vulnerable to the carcinogenic action of ionizing radiation. To provide insights into… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
BACKGROUND We performed a prospective, randomized study in patients with previously untreated advanced (Stage III or IV…