RADIATION THERAPY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does radiation therapy mean? 

• RADIATION THERAPY (noun)
  The noun RADIATION THERAPY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: RADIATION THERAPY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RADIATION THERAPY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

actinotherapy; irradiation; radiation; radiation therapy; radiotherapy

Hypernyms ("radiation therapy" is a kind of...):

therapy ((medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.))

Domain category:

medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "radiation therapy"):

phototherapy (the use of strong light to treat acne or hyperbilirubinemia of the newborn)

Curietherapy; radium therapy (the use of radium in radiation therapy)

X-ray therapy (the therapeutic use of X rays)

 Context examples 

It is being studied as a radiosensitizer (a substance that makes tumor cells more sensitive to radiation therapy) and in the treatment of certain skin disorders.

(Aminobenzoic acid, NCI Dictionary)

Blocking these proteins may make cancer cells more sensitive to anticancer drugs and radiation therapy.

(Amuvatinib, NCI Dictionary)

Adjuvant therapy may include chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormone therapy, targeted therapy, or biological therapy.

(Adjuvant therapy, NCI Dictionary)

This may make cancer cells easier to kill with radiation therapy and chemotherapy.

(Niacinamide, NCI Dictionary)

This agent may act synergistically with radiation therapy.

(Nimotuzumab, NCI Thesaurus)

Treatments include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, biologic therapy, or a combination.

(Neuroblastoma, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

A system used to deliver internal radiation therapy to breast cancer patients after surgery to remove their cancer.

(Balloon Brachytherapy, NCI Dictionary)

Treatments for bladder cancer include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and biologic therapy.

(Bladder Cancer, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

Other treatments may include amputation, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy.

(Bone Cancer, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

People at higher risk are over 60, have had chemotherapy or radiation therapy, or have been exposed to certain chemicals.

(Myelodysplastic Syndromes, NIH National Cancer Institute)