Radiation Therapy: What to Expect
What are the types of radiation therapy?
Peer Review Status: Internally Reviewed by Cancer Center Staff
Creation Date: October 2002
Last Review Date: November 2006
External Radiation Therapy—radiation is delivered into the body from a special machine (called a linear accelerator). The patient never becomes radioactive.
Internal Radiation Therapy—uses implants, which puts a radioactive source close to the actual cancer cells. The length of time the implant is in place depends upon the type of implant received.
To learn more about the types of radiation, contact the Cancer
Information Service at: cancer-information@uiowa.edu.
To learn more about radiation therapy, contact the Cancer Information Service at: cancer-information@uiowa.edu or 1-800-237-1225.
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