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Technology impacting on biology
Author(s) -
Yamada Yoshiya,
Bilsky Mark H.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.25921
Subject(s) - ablative case , medicine , radiation therapy , medical physics , image guided radiation therapy , radiology
Improvements in technology using image‐guided techniques have allowed the accurate delivery of high‐dose radiation that is characteristic of stereotactic body radiotherapy. Image‐guided high‐dose radiation is a new treatment paradigm that provides tumor ablative therapy.