radiation therapy or treatment

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• Radiation therapy — Radiation (medicine) redirects here. It is not to be confused with Radiation (pain) or Radiology. Radiation therapy Intervention ICD 10 PCS D ICD 9 CM …   Wikipedia

• radiation therapy — radiotherapy. * * * or radiotherapy or therapeutic radiology Use of radiation sources to treat or relieve diseases, usually cancer (including leukemia). The ionizing radiation primarily used to destroy diseased cells works best on fast growing… …   Universalium

• Radiation Therapy Oncology Group — The Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) was initially organized in 1968 under the direction of Dr. Simon Kramer as a national cooperative group for the purpose of conducting radiation therapy research and clinical investigations. Funding from …   Wikipedia

• hyperfractionated radiation therapy — Radiation therapy that gives smaller doses (fractions) of radiation more often than standard radiation therapy so that the full treatment course can be given with fewer side effects. In hyperfractionated radiation therapy, individual doses are… …   English dictionary of cancer terms

• superfractionated radiation therapy — Radiation therapy that gives smaller doses (fractions) of radiation more often than standard radiation therapy so that the full treatment course can be given with fewer side effects. In superfractionated radiation therapy, individual doses are… …   English dictionary of cancer terms

• hypofractionated radiation therapy — Radiation therapy that gives larger doses (fractions) of radiation in fewer treatment sessions and over a shorter period of time than standard radiation therapy. In hypofractionated radiation therapy, individual doses are usually given less often …   English dictionary of cancer terms

• radiation therapy — noun (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance • Syn: ↑radiotherapy, ↑radiation, ↑actinotherapy, ↑irradiation • Derivationally related forms: ↑radiotherapist ( …   Useful english dictionary

• radiation therapy — n. treatment of diseases by exposure to high energy radiation from radioactive sources, use of radiation to damage cancer cells, radiotherapy …   English contemporary dictionary

• radiation therapy — (also radiation treatment) noun radiotherapy …   English new terms dictionary

• Image-guided radiation therapy — (IGRT) is the process of frequent two and three dimensional imaging, during a course of radiation treatment, used to direct radiation therapy utilizing the imaging coordinates of the actual radiation treatment plan. The patient is localized in… …   Wikipedia

• Intraoperative Electron Radiation Therapy — (or IOERT ) is the application of electron radiation directly to the residual tumor or tumor bed during cancer surgery. IOERT has been called precision radiotherapy , as the physician has direct visualization of the tumor, can exclude normal… …   Wikipedia