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Definition of radiotherapy in English: radiotherapynoun ˌreɪdɪə(ʊ)ˈθɛrəpiˌreɪdioʊˈθɛrəpi mass nounThe treatment of disease, especially cancer, using X-rays or similar forms of radiation. Example sentencesExamples - Surgery may be followed by chemotherapy, radiotherapy or hormone treatment.
- Often, the initial response of a cancer to radiotherapy is a good indication of how successful the treatment will be.
- A dry mouth caused by certain drugs or after chemotherapy or radiotherapy to the head and neck may also lead to thrush.
- She again had rounds of radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatment before being offered a new drug, Arimidex.
- He underwent a course of chemotherapy and radiotherapy but the cancer was so aggressive it spread to his stomach.
- Treatment options for cervical cancer include surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
- Seven patients treated with radiotherapy developed some radiation telangiectasia.
- After two major operations, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, the disease went into remission.
- In patients who are unfit to have radical surgery, radiotherapy may be administered to the inguinal lymph nodes.
- No further chemotherapy or radiotherapy could be given to control this recurrence.
- He has been undergoing radiotherapy for about four weeks and is expected to make a full recovery.
- Twice daily radiotherapy should not tax the resources of even busy departments, if given on only a single day a week.
- Palliative radiotherapy or chemotherapy may increase this risk by causing tumours to shrink.
- Repopulation during protracted treatment is one reason for tumour persistence after radiotherapy.
- She started on chemotherapy, and then doubled up this treatment with radiotherapy.
- And earlier this year she went into remission and put her recovery down to radiotherapy and a herbal remedy.
- As a result, many patients who have had a mastectomy will now also receive postoperative radiotherapy.
- After an adventurous war time career in the Polish Free Forces he specialised in radiotherapy.
- However, the influence of his early chiefs led him to train in the developing specialism of radiotherapy.
- Extensive local surgical resection rather than radiotherapy is the treatment of choice.
Derivatives adjective ˌreɪdɪə(ʊ)θɛrəˈpjuːtɪkˌreɪdioʊˌθɛrəˈpjudɪk Changes in use of chemotherapeutics and alterations of radiotherapeutic regimes may change survival of patients and are of interest in patients with either limited or advanced disease. Example sentencesExamples - The emerging evidence that locoregional treatment affects mortality is persuasive, and efforts to optimise the surgical and radiotherapeutic management of this common disease should have a high priority.
- In the radiotherapeutic range, high-energy electron beams penetrate less than high-energy x-ray beams.
- Chemotherapeutic and radiotherapeutic strategies induce apoptosis, so escape from programmed death signals is important.
- As discussed above, these series must be interpreted carefully in light of the substantial heterogeneity in surgical and radiotherapeutic technique.
noun ˌreɪdɪə(ʊ)ˈθɛrəpɪstˌreɪdioʊˈθɛrəpəst Because of problems with radiotherapy machines, some patients were having to wait 12 weeks for treatment after first seeing the radiotherapist. Example sentencesExamples - The medical oncologist and radiotherapist should arrange the appropriate delivery of chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
- The book was written for practicing and teaching pathologists, but it should also be appealing to radiologists, medical and surgical oncologists, and radiotherapists.
- After consultation with a radiotherapist, it was decided to commence a six week course of radiotherapy as there was a potential danger of compression of the spinal cord.
- The choice of radiotherapy regimen was left to the local radiotherapist, but the two regimens shown in previous trials to have good palliative effect were recommended.
Rhymes aromatherapy, chemotherapy, hypnotherapy, physiotherapy, psychotherapy, therapy Definition of radiotherapy in US English: radiotherapynounˌreɪdioʊˈθɛrəpiˌrādēōˈTHerəpē another term for radiation therapy Example sentencesExamples - Seven patients treated with radiotherapy developed some radiation telangiectasia.
- He has been undergoing radiotherapy for about four weeks and is expected to make a full recovery.
- Extensive local surgical resection rather than radiotherapy is the treatment of choice.
- A dry mouth caused by certain drugs or after chemotherapy or radiotherapy to the head and neck may also lead to thrush.
- Surgery may be followed by chemotherapy, radiotherapy or hormone treatment.
- Treatment options for cervical cancer include surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
- He underwent a course of chemotherapy and radiotherapy but the cancer was so aggressive it spread to his stomach.
- No further chemotherapy or radiotherapy could be given to control this recurrence.
- She again had rounds of radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatment before being offered a new drug, Arimidex.
- After an adventurous war time career in the Polish Free Forces he specialised in radiotherapy.
- Palliative radiotherapy or chemotherapy may increase this risk by causing tumours to shrink.
- As a result, many patients who have had a mastectomy will now also receive postoperative radiotherapy.
- In patients who are unfit to have radical surgery, radiotherapy may be administered to the inguinal lymph nodes.
- After two major operations, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, the disease went into remission.
- And earlier this year she went into remission and put her recovery down to radiotherapy and a herbal remedy.
- Repopulation during protracted treatment is one reason for tumour persistence after radiotherapy.
- She started on chemotherapy, and then doubled up this treatment with radiotherapy.
- Often, the initial response of a cancer to radiotherapy is a good indication of how successful the treatment will be.
- However, the influence of his early chiefs led him to train in the developing specialism of radiotherapy.
- Twice daily radiotherapy should not tax the resources of even busy departments, if given on only a single day a week.
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