Open AccessExternal and internal radiation therapy: Past and future directions
Author(s) -
Mahdi Sadeghi,
Milad Enferadi,
Alireza Shirazi
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.73324
Subject(s) - radiation therapy , medicine , modalities , internal radiation , cancer therapy , cancer , treatment modality , radiation treatment planning , medical physics , selective internal radiation therapy , external beam radiation , intensive care medicine , surgery , nuclear medicine , sociology , hepatocellular carcinoma , social science
Cancer is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the modern world. Treatment modalities comprise radiation therapy, surgery, chemotherapy and hormonal therapy. Radiation therapy can be performed by using external or internal radiation therapy. However, each method has its unique properties which undertakes special role in cancer treatment, this question is brought up that: For cancer treatment, whether external radiation therapy is more efficient or internal radiation therapy one? To answer this question, we need to consider principles and structure of individual methods. In this review, principles and application of each method are considered and finally these two methods are compared with each other.