Radiotherapy also known as Radiation Therapy, is a treatment of disease primarily malignant tumors using electromagnetic and particulate radiation.
Aims of Radiotherapy:
1. Radical Care – treatment is intended to cure the patient of his/her disease.
2. Palliative Care – relieve the patient of the distressing symptoms of the advance disease or cancer
- ease up the pain.
Two Types:
1. Teletherapy/ External Beam Therapy
application o radiation beam at a distance from the patient’s body.
3. Brachytherapy/ Plesiotherapy/ Internal Radiotherapy/ Intaluminal/ Intracavitary
- Introduction of radioactive source near or within the tumor.
- Very expensive
• Application of the Radiotherapy depends on the patient’s condition.
