Sentence examples for more conventional radiation from inspiring English sources

Toxicity data from this trial, and the prior trials of gemcitabine dose escalation with more conventional radiation therapy, suggest that the volume of normal tissue radiated in gemcitabine-based chemotherapy regimens may be the most critical consideration for future trial designs.

But because his doctor told him he would have to pay for the treatments himself, Mr. Stutzin is now undergoing two months of almost daily treatment with a more conventional radiation method that Medicare does cover in California.

The high radiobiological effect of neutrons has the risk of causing more secondary cancers than more conventional radiation treatment, thus potentially negating one of the putative advantages of the therapy (Brenner and Hall, 2008; Athar et al, 2010).

Protons kill tumors just as X-rays do in the more conventional variety of radiation treatment, but in theory the protons are far more precise; they can release most of their radiation right onto a tumor and nowhere else.

One of the hallmarks of SABR is delivery of radiation doses (typically in the range of 8 20 Gy per fraction) that are significantly higher than those delivered with more conventional fractionated irradiation.

However, measurement of their surface temperatures using conventional radiation thermometers, more so in the presence of high ambient radiation and low emissivity is quite challenging.

Unlike photons and electrons, such heavy atoms with large cross sections interact with tissues on their trajectory tracks, and therefore are more efficient than conventional radiations (Dan et al. 2003; Mozumder 2003).

Hence, overall treatment duration can be shortened by more than one week compared to conventional radiation treatment in patients, who are likely to benefit from an additional boost to the tumor bed.

It has been accepted as a more advantageous treatment technique as compared to conventional radiation for NPC.

Radiation oncology guidelines favour hypofractionated whole-breast radiotherapy (HWBRT) over more conventional schemes in the conservative treatment of breast cancer, but its adoption still varies in clinical practice.

Small animal fluorescence molecular imaging provides a low-cost, ionizing radiation-free alternative to more conventional nuclear medicine imaging modalities, enabling high-throughput preclinical studies for drug discovery and development [ 1].