A temperature-sensitive semiconductor used for thermometry.  

The area over which therapeutic heating is likely to be produced.  

In hyperthermia treatment, temperatures between 42 and 45 °C.  

The ratio of the biological effect of a therapy on a tumor compared with the effect on surrounding normal tissue....

The thickness of material required to attenuate a beam of radiation to one-tenth of its original intensity.  

Radiation therapy administered by a machine that is positioned at some distance from the patient. Typically, a teletherapy unit can...

An irritation of the joint at the base of the first, or big, toe, which is usually caused by the...

A side effect of the rapid destruction and breakdown of a tumor, as with chemotherapy or radiation therapy, that can...

A surgical procedure to remove excess skin and fat from the abdomen and to tighten the muscles of the abdominal...

A surgical procedure used to open and sometimes to rebuild fallopian tubes, where blockage has prevented conception.