(from the article `cancer`) ...diverse in form (e.g., tubes, needles, grains, and wires). Sometimes the radioactive source is delivered to the tumour through tubes and then ...
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radiotherapy with a source-skin distance that is large compared to the dimensions of the irradiated tissue being treated
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Radiation delivered at a distance. cf. Brachytherapy where radiation is delivered locally by a source in contact with the patient. Cobalt 60 and linear accelerators are teletherapy machines.
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Radiation therapy administered with the source at a distance from the body. ... Compare: interstitial therapy. ... Synonym: teleroentgentherapy. ... Origin: G. Tele, distant, + therapeia, treatment ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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(tel″ә-ther´ә-pe) treatment in which the source of the therapeutic agent (such as radiation) is at a distance from the body.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: tel′ĕ-thār′ă-pē Definitions: 1. Radiation therapy administered with the source at a distance from the body. Synonyms: teleroentgentherapy
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teleroentgentherapy, teletherapy Radiation therapy (treatment with high energy radiation from X-rays or other sources of radiation) administered with the source at a distance from the body. Related 'roentgen, x-ray' units: Roentgen Biography; Chemical Element: roentgenium.
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teletherapy, teleroentgentherapy Radiotherapy using a source of radiation at a distance from the patient.
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