# OnCo record imrt-term (term). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/terms/imrt-term/>
  a schema:DefinedTerm ;
  onco:kind "term" ;
  schema:identifier "imrt-term" ;
  schema:name "IMRT / IGRT / VMAT (modern external beam radiotherapy)"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "IMRT"@en, "IGRT"@en, "VMAT"@en, "intensity-modulated radiotherapy"@en, "intensity-modulated"@en, "image-guided radiotherapy"@en, "external beam"@en, "external-beam"@en, "external beam radiotherapy"@en, "EBRT"@en, "conformal"@en, "3D-conformal"@en ;
  schema:description "Radiation beams shaped and varied in intensity from multiple angles, or while the machine rotates around the patient (VMAT), so the dose hugs the tumour and misses healthy tissue, checked against imaging before each session so it lands where planned. It cut dry mouth in head and neck cancer and rectal toxicity in prostate cancer."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/terms/imrt-term/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-09"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:sameAs <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_therapy#Intensity-modulated_radiation_therapy_(IMRT)> ;
  schema:citation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_therapy#Intensity-modulated_radiation_therapy_(IMRT)> ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/terms/hypofractionation/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/gray-unit/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/sbrt-term/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/radiation/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/imrt-igrt/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/proton-therapy/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/auto-contouring-ai/> .