Photon beam radiation therapy is another name for what is usually known as external beam radiation therapy.
Photon laser therapy.
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It uses photon beams to get to the tumor but also can damage healthy tissue around the tumor.
The benefits of pencil beam proton therapy include.
Proton therapy is a type of radiation therapy a treatment that uses high energy beams to treat tumors.
It accelerates cell biochemical circulation and stimulates the production of collagen.
Ability to deliver higher therapeutic doses of radiation to tumors more accurate targeting of tumors lower radiation exposure to normal tissue reducing short and long term side effects including development of new cancers.
Photons are used in treatments that are given by a machine called a linear accelerator.
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In the field of medical treatment proton therapy or proton radiotherapy is a type of particle therapy that uses a beam of protons to irradiate diseased tissue most often to treat cancer.
Radiation therapy using x rays has long been used to treat cancers and noncancerous benign tumors.