hopitus wrote:

(inverse square law)_.
That big round thing on top ("gantry") *rotates* 360o* around whatever
is on the
target pad (under this guy's head) and with precise aim, bombards the
tumor and
the tumor *alone* with yea whater dose of radiation patient's
specialist docs have
ordered. This is not like chemotherapy and does not nauseate patients.
It is, though,
radiation that is calculated to *kill* cancerous cells. It is so
powerful that the tech
ruinniing it is in lanothr adjoininng room watching patient through a
radiation-proof lead glass window.

I wonder how that is different from other radiation treatment that is
used on cancer patients. Or is it just a newer and more precise way
of administering radiation therapy?

Joyce
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