Radioteràpia i els seus avenços recents

Abstract

Radiotherapy and its Recent Progress.
Nowadays, radiation therapy is one of the fundamental pillars in cancer treatment within a multidisciplinary context, which includes other therapies such as surgery and chemotherapy. This paper pinpoints the most relevant historical milestones of radiotherapy and its radiobiological basis. Authors
also discuss the difference between external radiotherapy and brachytherapy, as well as the role they play in multidisciplinary cancer therapy. Indeed, radiotherapy has seen important breakthroughs in
recent decades, above all due to the development of new technologies and imaging techniques.