Radiational Oncologist in Aurangabad

Radiation oncology (radiotherapy/radiation therapy) is a medical speciality that is an essential part of a multidisciplinary approach to cancer treatment. It uses high energy x rays(photons) most commonly delivered through a linear accelerator. These therapeutic x rays are painless and invisible and are used to treat a number of different cancers. The linear accelerator is housed within a cancer centre and a multidisciplinary team comprising of radiation oncologists (your specialist doctor), nurses, radiation therapists and medical physicists will talk to you about radiation therapy as a treatment option, assess you, plan and deliver your treatment as well as help you with any side effects you experience.

What Is a Radiation Oncologist?

More than half of people diagnosed with cancer have radiation therapy, which uses carefully targeted doses of high-energy radiation to kill cancer cells. Radiation oncologists are the highly trained doctors who specialize in this form of care.

  • What Does a Radiation Oncologist Do?

    Radiation oncologists work closely with medical oncologists, surgeons, and other doctors to determine the most appropriate course of treatment for people diagnosed with cancer. Before performing radiation procedures, radiation oncologists use software to carefully map out where they will deliver radiation to their patients. They also decide which type of radiation therapy to use. The two main types are external beam radiation t therapy and internal radiation therapy.

External Beam Radiation Therapy

External beam radiation therapy comes from a source outside your body that is directed at the cancer site. This is the most common type of radiation therapy, especially for cancers of the head, breast, lung, colon, and prostate.

Internal Radiation Therapy

With internal radiation therapy, your radiation oncologist puts a solid or liquid source of radiation inside your body. With brachytherapy, the radiation source is implanted in or near your cancer. With systemic radiation, the liquid source of radiation is taken through your mouth or a vein.