Permission given by the federal government to equipment manufacturers to sell their devices to the medical profession.  

A comparatively slow gyration of the axis of a spinning body (so as to trace out a cone) caused by...

A family of particles that can be created in nuclear reactions; pions are unstable but can survive long enough to...

A device used in many radiation detection applications that converts low levels of light into electrical pulses. A bank of...

A clinical trial to assess the risk that might come from administering a new treatment modality. A phase-two study evaluates...

The rate of blood flow through capillaries per unit mass of tissue, described in ml/min per 100 g.  

A method of arranging radioactive sources for interstitial or intercavitary applicators developed in the 1 930's at the Christie Hospital...

The condition in which the maximum decrease in treated tumor volume is at least 50% but less than 100%.  

Discomfort or burning during urination. The problem usually results from an infection in the urinary tract, although it may also...

Aches or pains that begin in the testicles, the glands contained within the scrotum, which is the skin-covered pouch between...