Radiation therapy dosage

Broader Terms

dosage, radiopharmacology

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• Radiation therapy dosage is very low and does not damage the nearby tissues.
• Using their storehouse of knowledge and data on nuclear science and radiation transport, Lawrence Livermore scientists have developed PEREGRINE, a hardware and software system that addresses the problem of radiation therapy dosage using fundamental physics principles.
• Dosimetrist: A member of the radiation therapy team who plans and calculates the proper radiation therapy dosage.
• [Computer input of graphic and alphanumeric information during radiation therapy dosage planning using the PAUK (semi-automatic coding) device]Vainberg MSh, Popov AN, Popov NP, Skvortsov EK.
• The reaction, or its severity, has no relationship to the phenytoin or radiation therapy dosage, or to the histologic type of brain tumor.
• The radiation therapy dosage planned to the whole neck, nasopharynx, and supraclavicular area was 45 Gy in 24 daily fractions in 5 weeks, increasing to 60-70 Gy to the metastatic site.