Treatment of disease by means of Röntgen rays or other forms of radioactivity
This is the use of radiation to destroy cancer or other abnormal cells in the body During radiotherapy, a significant amount of healthy normal tissue is irradiated To reduce the side effects caused by this, the radiation dose is split into a number of treatments, in theory enabling the normal healthy tissue to recover before the next treatment is given
The treatment in which high energy rays (X-rays) are directed to the area of the cancer
The therapeutic use of ionizing radiation. Radiotherapy is almost exclusively used for the treatment of malignant disease
Medical therapy consisting of one or more treatments with ionization radiation More information about radiotherapy is available through the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health
The destruction of malignant tumours with a high dose of gamma radiation that will result in cell death See Appendix C - radiation therapy for more details
The use of x-rays and other forms of radiation in treatment Radiotherapy is useful in the treatment of localized lymphomas, especially Hodgkin lymphoma, central nervous system lymphoblastic leukemia, and localized myeloma
Used with disease headings for the therapeutic use of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation It includes the use of radioisotope therapy
Treatment of cancer with high-energy radiation Radiation therapy may be the only treatment used, or it may be given before surgery to reduce the size of a cancer, after surgery to destroy any remaining cancer cells, or in conjunction with chemotherapy
This is the treatment of cancer using radiation to slow down or destroy the tumour or cells associated with it It is also known as Radio-Surgery or Radiation Therapy