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External Beam Radiation Therapy
Known as:
Definitive Radiation Therapy
, external beam radiation
, External Beam Radiotherapy
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A type of radiation therapy that uses a machine to aim high-energy rays at the cancer from outside of the body.
National Institutes of Health
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Teleradiotherapy procedure
Therapeutic radiology procedure
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Review
2010
Review
2010
Stereotactic body radiation therapy: the report of AAPM Task Group 101.
Stanley H Benedict
,
K. Yenice
,
+21 authors
Fang-Fang Yin
Medical Physics (Lancaster)
2010
Corpus ID: 263370946
Task Group 101 of the AAPM has prepared this report for medical physicists, clinicians, and therapists in order to outline the…
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Efficacy and safety of intratumoral thermotherapy using magnetic iron-oxide nanoparticles combined with external beam radiotherapy on patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme
K. Maier-Hauff
,
F. Ulrich
,
+6 authors
A. Jordan
Journal of Neuro-Oncology
2010
Corpus ID: 1318809
Therapy options at the time of recurrence of glioblastoma multiforme are often limited. We investigated whether treatment with a…
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Short-term neoadjuvant androgen deprivation therapy and external-beam radiotherapy for locally advanced prostate cancer: long-term results of RTOG 8610.
M. Roach
,
K. Bae
,
+7 authors
M. Pilepich
Journal of Clinical Oncology
2008
Corpus ID: 40782192
PURPOSE Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) 8610 was the first phase III randomized trial to evaluate neoadjuvant androgen…
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Defining biochemical failure following radiotherapy with or without hormonal therapy in men with clinically localized prostate cancer: recommendations of the RTOG-ASTRO Phoenix Consensus Conference.
M. Roach
,
G. Hanks
,
+4 authors
H. Sandler
International Journal of Radiation Oncology…
2006
Corpus ID: 25990268
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Randomized trial comparing iridium implant plus external-beam radiation therapy with external-beam radiation therapy alone in node-negative locally advanced cancer of the prostate.
J. Sathya
,
I. Davis
,
+5 authors
M. Levine
Journal of Clinical Oncology
2005
Corpus ID: 25229391
PURPOSE To determine if iridium implant (IM) and external-beam radiation therapy (EBRT) is better than standard EBRT in locally…
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Biochemical Outcome After Radical Prostatectomy , External Beam Radiation Therapy , or Interstitial Radiation Therapy for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer
A. D'Amico
,
R. Whittington
,
+8 authors
A. Wein
2000
Corpus ID: 11688032
Context.— Interstitial radiation (implant) therapy is used to treat clinically localized adenocarcinoma of the prostate, but how…
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Biochemical outcome after radical prostatectomy, external beam radiation therapy, or interstitial radiation therapy for clinically localized prostate cancer.
A. D'Amico
,
R. Whittington
,
+8 authors
A. Wein
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA…
1998
Corpus ID: 73394411
CONTEXT Interstitial radiation (implant) therapy is used to treat clinically localized adenocarcinoma of the prostate, but how it…
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Randomized prospective study of the benefit of adjuvant radiation therapy in the treatment of soft tissue sarcomas of the extremity.
J. C. Yang
,
A. E. Chang
,
+8 authors
S. Rosenberg
Journal of Clinical Oncology
1998
Corpus ID: 37306651
PURPOSE This randomized, prospective study assesses the impact of postoperative external-beam radiation therapy on local…
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Thyroid cancer after exposure to external radiation: a pooled analysis of seven studies.
E. Ron
,
J. Lubin
,
+6 authors
J. Boice
Radiation Research
1995
Corpus ID: 30342683
The thyroid gland of children is especially vulnerable to the carcinogenic action of ionizing radiation. To provide insights into…
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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Induction chemotherapy plus radiation compared with surgery plus radiation in patients with advanced laryngeal cancer.
G. Wolf
,
S. Fisher
,
+6 authors
W. Henderson
New England Journal of Medicine
1991
Corpus ID: 10105641
BACKGROUND We performed a prospective, randomized study in patients with previously untreated advanced (Stage III or IV…
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