total body X-irradiation

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• Total body irradiation — (TBI) is a form of radiotherapy used primarily as part of the preparative regimen for haematopoietic stem cell (or bone marrow) transplantation. As the name implies, TBI involves irradiation of the entire body, though in modern practice the lungs …   Wikipedia

• total body irradiation — (TBI) external beam radiotherapy involving exposure of the entire body; called also whole body i. or radiotherapy …   Medical dictionary

• total-body irradiation — Radiation therapy to the entire body. It is usually followed by bone marrow or peripheral stem cell transplantation …   English dictionary of cancer terms

• total lymphoid irradiation — (TLI) irradiation of all the lymph node–bearing areas of the body, including the spleen, the thymus, and Waldeyer tonsillar ring; used in the treatment of Hodgkin disease and sometimes to induce immunosuppression prior to transplantation …   Medical dictionary

• whole-body irradiation — total body i …   Medical dictionary

• Estimates of average annual dose equivalent to the whole body from various sources of irradiation received by members of the U.S. population — ▪ Table Estimates of average annual dose equivalent to the whole body from various sources of irradiation received by members of the U.S. population source of radiation average dose rates (mSv/year) Natural environmental cosmic radiation 0.27… …   Universalium

• Ernest Beutler — (September 30, 1928 – October 5, 2008), a hematologist and biomedical scientist, was born in Berlin, Germany, the son of Jewish parents (Alfred and Kaethe, née Italiener). Both of his parents were also physicians, and his mother, a pediatrician,… …   Wikipedia

• 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

• Stem cell transplantation — Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) or bone marrow transplantation is a medical procedure in the field of hematology and oncology that involves transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells (HSC). It is most often performed for people… …   Wikipedia

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

• therapeutics — /ther euh pyooh tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the branch of medicine concerned with the remedial treatment of disease. [1665 75; see THERAPEUTIC, ICS] * * * Treatment and care to combat disease or alleviate pain or injury. Its tools include… …   Universalium