radiation therapy or treatment
1Radiation 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 …
2radiation 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… …
3Radiation 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 …
4hyperfractionated 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… …
5superfractionated 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… …
6hypofractionated 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 …
7radiation therapy — noun (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance • Syn: ↑radiotherapy, ↑radiation, ↑actinotherapy, ↑irradiation • Derivationally related forms: ↑radiotherapist ( …
8radiation therapy — n. treatment of diseases by exposure to high energy radiation from radioactive sources, use of radiation to damage cancer cells, radiotherapy …
9radiation therapy — (also radiation treatment) noun radiotherapy …
10Image-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… …
