radiotherapy

[ rey-dee-oh-ther-uh-pee ]

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noun

, Medicine/Medical.

radiotherapy

/ ˌreɪdɪəʊˈθɛrəpɪ; ˌreɪdɪəʊˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪk /

the treatment of disease, esp cancer, by means of alpha or beta particles emitted from an implanted or ingested radioisotope, or by means of a beam of high-energy radiation Compare chemotherapy

First recorded in 1900–05; radio- + therapy

Then, some people stole and dismantled a radiotherapy device from an abandoned hospital site in order to sell the parts as scrap metal.

After surgery, the patients all received the standard therapy of chemo, radiotherapy and endocrine therapy.

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