radiation therapy

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 cancers. However, radiation can also cause cancer (see radiation injury) and is no longer used for benign conditions. Other complications include nausea, hair loss, weight loss, and weakness. Radioactive substances may be implanted in tumours (see nuclear medicine). External radiation involves 10–20 sessions over several months, either after surgical removal of the growth or when surgery is impossible; it can deliver higher doses to deep tumours than implantation. Infrared radiation and ultraviolet radiation is applied with lamps to relieve inflammation.

radiation therapy [‚rād·ē′ā·shən ′ther·ə·pē]

(medicine)

The use of ionizing radiation or radioactive substances to treat disease. Also known as actinotherapy; radiotherapy.

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These are some of commonly encountered side effects of radiotherapy treatment: Side effects of chest radiotherapy Radiation treatment to the chest in the treatment of pleural mesothelioma may cause swallowing problems, cough, or shortness of breath.

How Do You Manage the Common Side Effects of Mesothelioma ... by Bello Kamorudeen / Health, general community

2) Due to these oral complications, patients receiving radiation treatment should be monitored by an oral health care provider before, during and after radiation.

The effects of radiation therapy for cancer treatment on oral health by Adams, Jada; Blanchard, Cayla; Dudek, Kayla; Keller, Brandi / Access

According to the researchers, if each daily radiation treatment annihilated at least 70 percent of a tumour, a woman had a 30 percent better chance of avoiding recurrence than an individual with a more resistant tumour.

New computer model can predict odds of cancer recurrence after ... by Asian News International

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