Radiotherapy

What do we mean by radiotherapy?

Treatment of disease with radiation, especially by selective irradiation with x-rays or other ionizing radiation and by ingestion of radioisotopes. noun

Treatment of disease by any of the forms of radioactivity. noun

Treatment of disease by means of x-rays or radioactivity. Radiotherapy of cancer is based on the fact that cancer cells are more sensitive to radiation than most other cells in the body. noun

The therapeutic use of ionizing radiation, almost exclusively used for the treatment of malignant disease. noun

(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance noun

The therapeutic use of ionizing radiation, almost exclusively used for the treatment of malignant disease.

Words that are spelled similarly to radiotherapy:
radiotherapy, radiothermy, hagiotherapy.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word radiotherapy:
neoadjuvant, linac, chemotherapy, adjuvant, metastases, immunotherapy, resection, oncology, mastectomy, nci, metastatic, radium, paediatric, conformal, cancerous, palliative, irradiation, tumour, mev, tumor, recurrence, squamous, prognosis, radiation, malignant, urology, accelerator, hormonal, remission, dose, modulated, ablation, radiology, prostate, ovarian, carcinoma, surgical, therapy, cancer, cobalt, lymphoma, gastrointestinal, proton, radioactive, surgery, protons, thoracic, doses, lung, recurrent, treatment, fractions, survival, breast, marrow, therapeutic, localized, beam, beams, pathology, toxicity, treat, systemic, diagnostic, lungs, patients, gamma, lesions, imaging, tissue, inflammation, archived, assurance, treating, clinical, particle, tissues, patient, linear, bone, forensic, clinic, medicine, diagnosis, neck, cure, complications, targeted, diagnosed, induced, removal, intensity, oral, symptoms, progression, outcomes, disease, nuclear, accident, rays.

Adjectives that are often used to describe radiotherapy:
postoperative, external, preoperative, radical, palliative, local, conventional, conformal, operative, fractionated, stereotactic, intraoperative, pelvic, definitive, primary, previous, adjuvant, clinical, prior, whole, interstitial, concurrent, thoracic, modulated, curative, dimensional, standard, intensive, abdominal, cranial, adjunctive, subsequent, brain, concomitant, additional, prophylactic, orbital, chemo, hyperfractionated, internal, extensive, intracavitary, immediate, mediastinal, daily, craniospinal, routine, regional, aggressive, based, extended, prostate, superficial, guided, fast, combined, sequential, focal, adequate, involved, nodal, systemic, abdominopelvic, simultaneous, adaptive, intraluminal, hypofractionated, pituitary, pediatric, elective, axillary, neoadjuvant, locoregional, body, spinal, urgent.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective radiotherapy:
treatment, chemotherapy, planning, approach, techniques, therapy, results, technique, irradiation, radiation, patients, outcome, surgery, session, oncology, fields, physics, effects, regimen, doses, changes, cancer, dose, equipment, arm, congresses, simulators, response, practice, effect, versus, trials, treatments, combination, review, series, regimens, simulation, complications, failure, delivery, oncol, department, protocols, departments, damages, carcinoma, induced, management, accidents, programs, fig, lymphomas, works, portals, plan, options, tumours, transplantation, causes, electricity, program, association, rays.

Words that sound like radiotherapy:
radiotherapy, retail therapy, hydrotherapy, brachytherapy, psychotherapy, satrapy, cdip, sadira, solidarity, solitarily.