1. Introduction: Targeted Radiation from Unsealed Sources Radionuclide (radiopharmaceutical) therapy delivers ionizing radiation systemically or regionally by attaching a radioactive…
1. Introduction: The Physical Advantage of the Bragg Peak Particle therapy — most commonly proton therapy, and less widely carbon-ion…
1. Introduction: Heat as a Sensitizer, Not a Killer Hyperthermia in oncology uses controlled heating of tissue — typically to…
1. Introduction: Controlled Freezing as a Local Therapy Cryoablation destroys tumors by freezing them. Like radiofrequency ablation, it is a…
1. Introduction: Heat as a Local Ablative Tool Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) destroys tumors by heating them to temperatures that cause…
1. Introduction: Light as a Therapeutic Activator Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a two-step, minimally invasive treatment in which a photosensitizing…
1. Introduction: Radiation Delivered from Within Brachytherapy («short-distance therapy») treats cancer by placing sealed radioactive sources inside or immediately adjacent…
1. Introduction: Ionizing Radiation as a Therapeutic Tool Radiotherapy is used in roughly half of all cancer patients at some…
1. Introduction: Local Control as the Determinant of Cure Oncology has been transformed over the past two decades by systemic…
