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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.
The radiation oncologist (a doctor specially trained to treat cancer with radiation) selects the type of radiation thatâs most suitable for each patientâs cancer type and location. Photon radiation A high-energy photon beam is by far the most common form of radiation used for cancer treatment.It is the same type of radiation that is used in x-ray machines, and comes from a radioactive source such as cobalt, cesium, or a machine called a linear accelerator (linac, for short).xternal beam radiation External beam radiation is the most widely used type of radiation therapy, and it most often uses photon beams. The radiation comes from a machine outside the body and is focused on the cancer. Itâs a lot like getting an x-ray, but for longer.