to receive radiation therapy

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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

• 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

• Radiation poisoning — Radiation poisoning, also called radiation sickness or a creeping dose , is a form of damage to organ tissue due to excessive exposure to ionizing radiation. The term is generally used to refer to acute problems caused by a large dosage of… …   Wikipedia

• radiation — radiational, adj. /ray dee ay sheuhn/, n. 1. Physics. a. the process in which energy is emitted as particles or waves. b. the complete process in which energy is emitted by one body, transmitted through an intervening medium or space, and… …   Universalium

• receive — /rI si:v/ verb (T) 1 BE GIVEN STH to be officially given something: We have received numerous complaints about the airport noise. | receive sth from sb: In 1962 she received an honorary doctorate from Harvard. | You may be entitled to receive… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• therapy — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ alternative, complementary ▪ occupational, physical (AmE) (physiotherapy in BrE) ▪ drug, gene, hormone …   Collocations dictionary

• radiation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ background ▪ low level ▪ damaging, harmful ▪ electromagnetic, gravitational, microwave, n …   Collocations dictionary

• Proton therapy — is a type of particle therapy which utilizes a beam of protons to irradiate diseased tissue, most often in the treatment of cancer. Description Proton therapy, like all forms of radiotherapy, works by aiming energetic ionizing particles (in this… …   Wikipedia

• Acute radiation syndrome — Classification and external resources A Japanese girl recovering from the effects of radiation sickness ICD 10 T …   Wikipedia

• Ionizing radiation — consists of highly energetic particles or waves that can detach (ionize) at least one electron from an atom or molecule. Ionizing ability depends on the energy of the impinging individual particles or waves, and not on their number. A large flood …   Wikipedia