Assertion: radiation | /r/HasProperty | delivered
Facets:
value: from outside of the body
type: OTHER
value: by placing the radiation source
type: MANNER
value: externally
type: DEGREE
value: from radioactive particles
type: OTHER
value: from 2 different treatment fields
type: LOCATION
value: internally
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Radiotherapy is broadly divided into external beam radiation therapy (EBRT), where radiation is delivered to the target from an external machine, and brachytherapy, where radiation is delivered by placing the radiation source inside the body near the intended target.
text: It may be delivered using machines called linear accelerators or via radioactive sources placed inside the patient on a temporary or permanent basis.
text: Radiation also can be delivered internally.
text: (which may help to relieve ; or it may be done before surgery, to convert certain patients from unresectable to resectable status) relative safety for the patient (radiation can be delivered from outside of the body and focused on the tumor, is painless, and generally does not require anesthesia)
text: Radiation therapy is broadly divided into external beam radiation therapy (EBRT), where radiation is delivered to the target from an external machine, and brachytherapy, where radiation is delivered by placing the radiation source inside the body near the intended target.
text: The patient cannot feel the radiation being delivered.
text: Side effects of brachytherapy can include swelling, bruising, bleeding, or pain and discomfort at the spot where the radiation was delivered.
text: Treatments are performed in shielded rooms with heavy lead barriers, and radiation is delivered using robotic arms.
text: In IGRT, machines that deliver radiation, such as a linear accelerator (for x-ray or photon) or cyclotron/synchrotron (for proton), are equipped with special imaging technology that allow the physician to image the tumor immediately before or even during the time radiation is delivered, while the patient is positioned on the treatment table.
text: We may take more images or move you again during your treatment sessions to guide where the radiation will be delivered.
text: As shown below, radiation to the breast is delivered from 2 different treatment fields.
text: Each time radiation therapy is delivered, small amounts are absorbed by the skin over the area being treated.
text: Radiation therapy can be delivered externally, that is, from a machine outside the body, or internally from radioactive particles implanted near the tumor.
text: After any necessary adjustments are made to match with the patient's reference positioning, radiation therapy is delivered.
text: Radiation Therapy with either the MammoSite device or the Contura device is delivered using a balloon catheter to specifically target your radiation.