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Amazing Rays: The Latest Technologies in Radiation Therapy

May 17, 2011

Participants:
  • H. James Wallace, M.D., Associate Professor of Radiology and Medical Director, Radiation Oncology
Length: 1:22:49
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radiation therapy, medicine, Health, cancer

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Program Description:

Three years after the discovery of the x-ray in 1895, radiation was used to treat cancer. While technological progress in radiation treatment has continued over the past 115 years, the last decade has yielded such major advancements as the ability to focus, shape and aim radiation beams to target cancer and leave normal tissue intact. Review the latest advances in radiation therapy and learn how common cancer treatment has changed over the years, due to improved technologies that make this approach more effective and safer than ever.