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x-ray therapy [′eks ‚rā ‚ther·ə·pē] (medicine) Medical treatment by controlled application of x-rays; a type of radiotherapy. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Given intravenously to a patient, texaphyrin boosts the effectiveness of X-ray therapy and makes small clusters of cancer cells easier to see on magnetic resonance images. Proton radiation reduces both the incidence and severity of pulmonary injury in comparison to treatment plans relying on traditional X-ray therapy," said Bush, citing an American Journal of Roentgenology article supporting the use of protons in treating lung cancer. Nurit Kalderon, now at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, developed the idea of X-ray therapy for spinal cord injuries while at Rockefeller University, also in New York. |
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