The Terms Gamma Knife, Cyberknife, Tomotherapy, and Truebeam Are Brand

question 57

Multiple Choice

The terms Gamma Knife, Cyberknife, Tomotherapy, and Truebeam are brand names for which of the following type of radiation therapy?

• A)Conventional external beam radiation therapy
• B)Stereotactic radiation therapy
• C)3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy
• D)Intensity-modulated radiation therapy
• E)Proton beam therapy

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