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Radiotherapy with therapeutic x-ray device
ŠLAJSOVÁ, Karolína
This bachelor's thesis is focused on the use of therapeutic X - ray device in radiotherapy, mainly in tumor and non-tumor indications. The theoretical part of this thesis is dedicated to the completion of the first objective, which is the summary of the current uses of therapeutic X - ray devices. It is also an overview of obtain knowledge from scientific literature, it informs about the obstacles of X - ray therapy and also summarizes physical and radiobiological aspects of treatment through radiation. In the second part of the bachelor's thesis, ie. the practical part, there is an analysis carried out from data obtained from patients' documentation - patients with specific skin malignancies, which were treated with a therapeutic X - ray device in hospital of Czech Budweis, in between 2016 - 2019. The objective of this practical part of the thesis is to evaluate the effects of treatment with therapeutic X - ray devices in the previously mentioned patients over a 4 year period, where the time period was chosen on the premise of visual documentation kept by the radiotherapeutical department of the hospital of Czech Budweis. Further obtained results from the practical part of my thesis highlight the fact that the number of patients treated with therapeutic X - ray device in the radiotherapy department at the hospital of Czech Budweis does not change significantly. Evaluation of number of irradiated patients in 2016 - 2019 was determined to be the initial hypothesis, which was rejected based on the analysis of the obtained results. The entire concept of this bachelor thesis may be utilized by students of Radiology Assistant programme as an educational material, or it can be used as an informational text for the general public.
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