the use of high-energy radio-waves to destroy or shrink cancer tumours. Also known as teletherapy.

The use of electromagnetic or particulate radiation in the treatment of (particularly malignant) disease.

Ionising radiation treatment (such as X or gamma rays) which damages tumour cells more than normal cells.

The use of high-energy radiation from x-rays, neutrons, and other sources to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Radiation may come from a machine outside the body (external-beam radiation therapy) or from materials called radioisotopes. Radioisotopes produce radiation and can be placed in or near the tumor or in the area near cancer cells. This type of radiation treatment is called internal radiation therapy, implant radiation, interstitial radiation, or brachytherapy. Systemic radiation therapy uses a radioactive substance, such as a radiolabeled antibody, that circulates throughout the body. Radiotherapy is also called radiation therapy, irradiation, and x-ray therapy.

The use of radiation to kill cancer cells. X-rays and gamma-rays are the most commonly used forms

Treatment using radium or other radioactive matter.

Treatment of cancer with high energy radiation. Radiation therapy may be used to reduce the size of a cancer before surgery or to destroy any remaining cancer cells after surgery. Radiotherapy can be helpful in shrinking recurrent cancer to relieve symptoms such as pain and pressure.

Also referred to as radiation therapy. High-energy rays are often used to damage cancer cells and stop them from growing and dividing.

often called radiation therapy or XRT. A treatment based on the capacity of atomic particle and rays to destroy living cells.

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.

The use of roentgen rays, radium ultraviolet, and other radiations for the treatment of disease.

a way of treating cancer that involves directing radiation beams on to the tumour site

See radiation oncology.

a course of radiation commonly given over multiple sessions, but may be given in a single fraction.

use of irradiation to destroy malignant tumour cells

The use of radiation (like X-rays) to treat disease.

Local treatment of cancer with high-energy radiation.

use of high-energy rays to destroy cancer cells

The treatment of disease with ionizing radiation. In radiotherapy, high-energy rays are often used to damage cancer cells and stop them from growing and dividing. Radiation treatment is usually specific to the area being treated.

The use of high-energy radiation to disrupt DNA, killing cancer cells and shrinking tumours.

Treatment using x-rays usually, sometimes electrons (beta rays).

Treatment of pathological conditions, usually malignant, with ionizing radiation. It has been recommended in low dosage to discourage heterotopic bone formation.

The use of radiation beams (eg, x-rays) to treat a cancer. High doses of high-energy radiation beams, carefully focused on a tumor, will kill cancer cells.

The treatment of disease with ionizing radiation. Also called radiation therapy . See the entire definition of Radiotherapy

The use of electromagnetic or particulate radiation in the treatment of disease. See : radiation therapy.

Treatment of a lesion with radiation.

catch-all term for treatment for many cancers, in which radioactivity is directed at, or implanted into, internal tissues, to destroy them. In prostate cancer external beam radiotherapy, 3D conformal radiotherapy and brachytherapy are the radiotherapy treatments available.

Treatment of disease by X-rays and similar forms of radiation.

Treatment using high energy radiation from x-ray machines. cobalt. radium or other sources.

The use of radioactive substance in the diagnosis or treatment of disease.

Cancer treatment using high energy waves similar to X-rays. Used to be called radium treatment because all radiotherapy used to be given using radium.

the use of radiation, most often X-rays, to treat cancer or other diseases.

The use of radiation therapy to control malignant disease and/or slow down the development of abnormal cells.

Cancer treatment that uses high-energy electromagnetic radiation such as x-rays to kill cancer cells. During radiotherapy, a significant amount of healthy normal tissue is sometimes irradiated. To reduce the side effects caused by this, the radiation dose is often split into a number of treatments, enabling the normal healthy tissue to recover before the next treatment is given.

The use of cobalt or radiant energy in diagnosis and treatment of disease. It involves directing a beam of ionizing radiation in the area of malignant tissue to interfere with cell division.

short form of radiation therapy, local treatment employing ionizing radiation in order to damage cancer cells and stop them growing and dividing

A treatment that uses radiation to treat cancers (and sometimes other diseases). See radiotherapy section.

the use of radiation to kill cancer cells as treatment of cancer

This term covers all types of treatment with x-rays. Its effects are slow and progressive. In pituitary disease, use of radiotherapy does not mean you have cancer.

the use of X-rays to destroy cancer cells.

the treatment of disease by radiation.

Treatment of cancer with high-energy radiation. Radiation therapy may be used to reduce the size of a cancer before surgery, or to destroy any remaining cancer cells after surgery. Radiotherapy can be helpful in shrinking recurrent cancers to relieve symptoms. It can cure some types of cancer as well.

Radiation treatment, usually of a tumour. Can be done with an external beam, or with various types of implants.

The use of high-energy radiation from x-rays, gamma rays, neutrons, and other sources to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Radiation may come from a machine outside the body (external-beam radiation therapy), or it may come from radioactive material placed in the body near cancer cells (internal radiation therapy, implant radiation, or brachytherapy). Systemic radiotherapy uses a radioactive substance, such as a radiolabeled monoclonal antibody, that circulates throughout the body. Also called radiation therapy.

The treatment of cancer by X-rays or gamma rays to destroy cancer cells.

Treatment through the use of radiation or X rays.

The destruction of malignant tumours with a high dose of gamma radiation that will result in cell death See radiation therapy for more details

Specific treatment of diseases such as cancer using high energy X-rays.

Term applied to the use of radiation beams for treating disease, usually cancers, in patients.

The use of radiation, usually x-rays or gamma rays, to kill tumour cells.

Radiotherapy (radiation therapy) uses high energy rays, usually x-rays, to kill cancer cells.

Radiation therapy uses x-rays to treat disease, especially cancer.

Also called radiation therapy, radiotherapy is the treatment of cancer and other diseases with ionizing radiation, with the aim to damage primarily cells in the area being treated (the "target tissue"). Although radiation damages both cancer cells and normal cells, normal cells can repair themselves more quickly, while the cancer cells sustain more and more damage with each fraction of treatment.