Radiation Therapy CrossWord

Additional cancer treatment given after the primary treatment to lower the risk that the cancer will come back
A form of radiotherapy where a sealed radiation source is placed inside or next to the area requiring treatment
The development of secondary malignant growth, at a distance from a primary site of cancer
Fixation of a body part, in order to limit movement
A term relating to the amount of ionizing radiation that is incident upon living or inanimate material
A point in space through which the central rays of the radiation beams pass
Device most commonly used for external beam radiation treatments
Treatment intent that is designed to relieve symptoms, and improve your quality of life, but not cure disease
A term used to describe a tumour that does not respond well to radiation therapy
A type of radiation therapy in which patients undergo one or just a few treatments
A tumour that is not cancerous
A Tumour that is cancerous
A material of density nearly equivalent to tissue placed within the treatment beam to compensate for unevenness of body contour or to enhance the buildup of dose on skin surface
A tapered block of attenuating material, designed to produce a differential distribution of radiation exposures over the area of a radiation beam
Treatment with an x-ray machine of relatively low energy
A method for delivering high-energy x-ray or electron beams to a patient’s tumour, generated by a linear accelerator
The measure of an area irradiated by a given beam
Treatment by x-ray beams, not in the supervoltage range
External beam therapy in which the source of radiation is moved around the patient during treatment
An additional dose of radiation that is given after an initial course of radiation to enhance tumour control
Cancer that starts in the glandular tissue, such as in the ducts or lobules of the breast
A type of treatment that uses stereotactic radio surgical devices that non-invasively treats malignant and benign brain tumours, vascular malformations and trigeminal neuralgia in a single patient visit
A frameless robotic radio surgery system used for treating benign and malignant tumours
Side effect known as an inflammation of the oesophagus
A symptom of disease; difficulty or discomfort in swallowing
superficial reddening of the skin, usually in patches, as a result of irritation
a device made up of individual leaves that can move independently in and out of the path of a particle beam in order to block it
A form of radiation that can be used at low levels to produce an image of the body on film or at high levels to destroy cancer cells.
The process of finding out whether cancer has spread and if so, how far
Hair loss; A side effect from chemotherapy or from radiation therapy to the head
A type of treatment in which the total dose of radiation is divided into small doses and treatments are given more than once a day