The use of an intense light beam (a laser) that works like a knife to cut or remove tissue.

A machine used in external radiation therapy to treat cancer.

…said Springfield’s radiotherapy centre was an important step forward for local cancer control. “The services offered by ROC make cancer treatment more accessible for local patients and help to reduce waiting list times for radiotherapy treatment across the State,” Ms…

Australian children diagnosed with cancer and treated with chemotherapy or radiation therapy are around 50 times more likely to be diagnosed with a secondary therapy-related cancer, compared to the general population. New research by Children’s Health Queensland and Cancer Council…

A type of radiation therapy treatment that implants radioactive material sealed in needles or seeds into or near cancerous cells. Also called internal radiation therapy.

The individual, usually once daily, dose of radiation that makes up part of a course of radiation therapy treatment.

A type of three-dimensional radiation therapy that allows the radiation beams to be shaped around a tumour more precisely.

Layers of cells covering internal and external surfaces of the body, including the ovaries.

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…or other substances to selectively target proteins or other molecules involved in cancer cell growth. Two types of targeted therapies are drug therapies and immunotherapies. Chemotherapy or radiation therapy affects all cells, but targeted therapies avoid damage to normal cells….