Radiation Therapy
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Radiation Therapy Definition
Treatment of a disease by means of exposure of the target or the whole body to radiation. Radiation therapy is often used as part of curative therapy and occasionally as a component of palliative treatment for cancer. Other uses include total body irradiation prior to transplantation.Radiation Therapy Synonyms
Radiation Therapy, Cancer Radiotherapy, Irradiation, RT, Radiation, Radiotherapeutics, Radiotherapy, Therapy, Radiation, irradiation, radiation therapy, radiotherapyTerms in Radiation Therapy category
Adjuvant Radiation TherapyBoron Neutron Capture Therapy
Extensive Radiation
External Radiation Therapy
Fractionation
High-LET Heavy Ion Therapy
High-LET Neutron Therapy
High-LET Pion Therapy
Humidification-Modulated Radiation Therapy
Hyperfractionated Radiation Therapy
Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy
Infrared Radiation Therapy
Internal Radiation
Irradiation
Isotope Therapy
Limited Radiation Therapy
Low-LET Cobalt-60 Gamma Ray Therapy
Low-LET Electron Therapy
Low-LET Implant Therapy
Low-LET Photon Therapy
Low Dose Radiation
Non-Ionizing Radiation DX or RX
Proton Beam Radiation Therapy
Radioisotope Therapy
Selective External Radiation Therapy
Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy
Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy
Tomotherapy