Radiation therapy, radiotherapy, or radiation oncology, often abbreviated RT, RTx, or XRT, is therapy using ionizing radiation, generally as part of cancer treatment to control or kill malignant cells. Radiation therapy may be curative in a number of types of cancer if they are localized to one area of the body. It may also be used as part of adju...
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use of radiation sources in the treatment or relief of diseases. Radiation therapy almost always makes use of ionizing radiation, deep ... [22 related articles]
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The use of high-energy radiation from x-rays, gamma rays, neutrons, protons, and other sources to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Radiation may come from a machine outside the body (external-beam radiation therapy), or it may come from radioactive material placed in the body near cancer cells (internal radiation therapy). Systemic radiation th...
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The use of high-energy radiation from x-rays, gamma rays, neutrons and other sources to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Also known as radiotherapy. Click for more on the Radiation therapy process
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<radiobiology> Treatment with high energy radiation from X-rays or other sources of radiation. ... (16 Dec 1997) ...
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the treatment of disease, usually cancer, by ionizing radiation in order to deliver an optimal dose of either particulate or electromagnetic radiation to a particular area of the body with minimal damage to normal tissues. The source of radiation may be outside the body of the patient (external beam irradiation) or it may be an...
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Cancer treatment with radiation (high-energy rays).
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. treatment with x-rays or radionuclides. See: radiation oncology
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Our Radiation therapy Main Article provides a comprehensive look at the who, what, when and how of Radiation therapy Radiation therapy: The use of high-energy rays to damage cancer cells, stopping them from growing and dividing. Like surgery, radiation therapy is a local treatment that affects cancer cells only in the treated area. Radiation can co...
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treatment of a disease, such as cancer, using forms of radioactivity that damage or destroy abnormal cells
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The use of high-energy rays to damage cancer cells, stopping them from growing and dividing. Like surgery, radiation therapy is a local treatment that affects cancer cells only in the treated area.
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The use of radiation to destroy cancer cells. Radiation therapy may be used before or after surgery, and is sometimes used in combination with chemotherapy. Radiation is used for local control of the cancer at the site of the tumor.
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Using radiation from neutron, x-rays, and various other sources to shrink tumors and kill cancerous cells.
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Method of treatment for various cancers.
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Method of treatment for various cancers.
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treatment with high-energy rays (such as X-rays) to kill or shrink cancer cells. The radiation may come from outside the body (external radiation) or from radioactive materials placed directly in the tumor (internal or implant radiation).
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