Radiation Therapy Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. A term used to describe a tumour that does not respond well to radiation therapy
  2. 5. Device most commonly used for external beam radiation treatment
  3. 6. The development of secondary malignant growth at a distance from a primary site of cancer
  4. 8. An additional dose of radiation that is given after an initial course of radiation to enhance tumour control
  5. 12. Treatment intent that is designed to relieve symptoms and improve your quality of life but not cure disease
  6. 15. a device made up of individual leaves that can move independently in and out of the path of a radiation beam in order to block it
  7. 17. Fixation of a body part in order to limit movement
  8. 18. Difficulty or discomfort in swallowing
  9. 19. A frameless robotic radio surgery system used for treating benign and malignant tumours
  10. 20. Side effect known as an inflammation of the esophagus
  11. 22. A tumour that is not cancerous
  12. 23. Treatment with an xray machine of relatively low energy
  13. 24. superficial reddening of the skin usually in patches as a result of irritation
Down
  1. 2. Additional cancer treatment given after the primary treatment to lower the risk that the cancer will come back
  2. 3. The process of finding out whether cancer has spread and if so how far
  3. 4. A tapered block of attenuating material designed to produce a differential distribution of radiation exposures over the area of a radiation beam
  4. 7. A type of treatment in which the total dose of radiation is divided into small doses and treatments are given more than once a day
  5. 9. A side effect from chemotherapy or from radiation therapy to the head
  6. 10. A form of radiotherapy where a sealed radiation source is placed inside or next to the area requiring treatment
  7. 11. External beam therapy in which the source of radiation is moved around the patient during treatment
  8. 13. A point in space through which the central rays of the radiation beams pass
  9. 14. A type of treatment that uses stereotactic radio surgical devices that noninvasively treats malignant and benign brain tumours vascular malformations and trigeminal neuralgia in a single patient visit
  10. 16. A material of density nearly equivalent to tissue placed within the treatment beam to compensate for unevenness of body contour or to enhance the build up of dose on skin surface
  11. 21. A type of radiation therapy in which patients undergo one or just a few treatments