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Neutron Beam Therapy. Like proton therapy, neutron beam therapy is a specialized form of radiation therapy that can be used to treat certain tumors that are radioresistant, meaning that they are very difficult to kill using conventional radiation therapy. Neutron therapy can also be used to treat certain inoperable tumors. Stereotactic Radiotherapy Stereotactic radiotherapy is a technique that allows your radiation oncologist to precisely focus beams of radiation to destroy certain types of tumors.
For more information about radiation, please visit RadiologyInfo. Radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays (photons) or particle beam (protons) to kill, shrink, control the growth of tumors, manage pain or to prevent cancer from spreading to other organs. Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT): Uses imaging such as CT, MRI or PET during the treatment process. 2  This can result in more accuracy in photon radiation delivery and monitoring of treatment progress. 3  Particle beam (proton) therapy is also a used to treat tumors in the lung.