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Radiation Treatment 
External Beam Radiation Therapy is delivered in a special shielded room called a vault which is separate from the simulation room. The treatment plans and treatment fields that result from the simulation session are transferred via a computer to the linear accelerator within the vault. You will be placed on a treatment table identical to the one in the CT simulation room. The treatment plan is verified and treatment started only after the radiation oncologist and the therapists have verified the treatment field and calculations, and are thoroughly satisfied with the “setup”.
During radiation treatment, you must lie still on the treatment table while the radiation beam is delivered to the target. The linear accelerator and treatment table may rotate in order to optimally deliver your therapy. The therapists will not be in the room during the treatment, but they will be monitoring you via a video camera and an audio connection with the treatment room. You will not feel the radiation as it is being delivered.
Radiation therapy is generally given once a day, five days a week, at the same time each day. Occasionally, treatment is given at a different frequency and your Radiation Oncologist will discuss what schedule is best for your management. The total number of treatments you will receive depends on multiple factors and varies from 1 to 45 or more, which means that treatment may last anywhere from one to eight weeks. Radiation treatments are given as outpatient treatments and involve relatively little time each day. While the consultation and simulation may last for an hour or more, a daily radiation treatment will take about 15-30 minutes in the treatment room and the actual treatment only lasts a few minutes. It is important not to miss treatments. Extending treatments beyond the recommended time period may reduce the chance of controlling the cancer
External Beam Radiation Therapy (EBRT)
Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy (3D-CRT)
