External beam radiotherapy
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Also known as external beam radiation therapy, EBT, or EBRT. This is the most common type of radiotherapy and consists of ionizing radiation delivered from outside the body.
Diseases for which it is used
- Anal cancer
- Anaplastic glioma
- Bladder cancer
- B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- Cervical cancer
- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
- CNS leukemia
- CNS lymphoma
- Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
- Esophageal cancer
- Extranodal NK- and T-cell lymphoma, nasal type
- Ewing sarcoma
- Gastric cancer
- Glioblastoma
- Head and neck cancer
- HIV-associated lymphoma
- Hodgkin lymphoma
- Low-grade glioma
- Mantle cell lymphoma
- Multiple myeloma
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
- Non-small cell lung cancer
- Pancreatic cancer
- Peripheral T-cell lymphoma
- Primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma
- Prostate cancer
- Rectal cancer
- Small cell lung cancer
- T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- Testicular cancer
- Thymoma
- Endometrial cancer
Categories:
- Radiation
- Anal cancer medications
- Anaplastic glioma medications
- Bladder cancer medications
- B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia medications
- Cervical cancer medications
- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia medications
- CNS leukemia medications
- CNS lymphoma medications
- Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma medications
- Esophageal cancer medications
- Extranodal NK- and T-cell lymphoma, nasal type medications
- Ewing sarcoma medications
- Gastric cancer medications
- Glioblastoma medications
- Head and neck cancer medications
- HIV-associated lymphoma medications
- Classical Hodgkin lymphoma medications
- Low-grade glioma medications
- Mantle cell lymphoma medications
- Multiple myeloma medications
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma medications
- Non-small cell lung cancer medications
- Pancreatic cancer medications
- Peripheral T-cell lymphoma medications
- Primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma medications
- Prostate cancer medications
- Rectal cancer medications
- Small cell lung cancer medications
- T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia medications
- Testicular cancer medications
- Thymoma medications
- Endometrial cancer medications