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Cancer: Radiation Therapy

Overview:
Radiation therapy is part of the treatment plan for more than half of all cancer patients. This program explores advances in technology that are making radiation therapy more precise and easier for patients, and includes a discussion about the types of cancer that can be treated with radiation.

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Part One:

Role of radiation therapy in cancer treatment
How radiation therapy works
Planning process before treatment
Trilogy linear accelerator
Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)
Stereotactic radiosurgery
New technology to shorten treatment time (RapidArc)
Side effects of radiation

Part Two:

Advances in precision
Equipment compensates for patient's breathing
Compensating for tumor movement
Prostate cancer - new GPS-type tracking (Calypso system)
Surface map of body for radiation (Vision RT)
Research in radiation therapy

Guest:
Dr. William Regine., Chief of Radiation Oncology at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Dr. Regine is also professor and chairman of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

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