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radiotherapist::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | radiologist |
| Type of | medical specialist, specialist |
| Derivation | radiotherapy |
Examples of radiotherapist
radiotherapist
The radiotherapist talked of impotence and incontinence as a risk of surgery.
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Surgery requires hospitalization, and radiotherapy involves multiple visits to a radiotherapist.
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Gill grew up and was educated in Edinburgh, and qualified as a clinical radiotherapist in 1964.
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- Radiologist: a medical specialist who uses radioactive substances and X-rays in the treatment of disease
- Radiation therapy (in North America), or radiotherapy (in the UK and Australia) also called radiation oncology, and sometimes abbreviated to XRT, is the medical use of ionizing radiation as part of cancer treatment to control malignant cells (not to be confused with radiology, the use of ...
- (Radiotherapy) high-energy X-rays used in the treatment of some cancers.
- (radiotherapy) The use of high-energy radiation from X-rays, gamma rays, neutrons, and other sources to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. ...
- (Radiotherapy) treatment for cancer using x-rays that target a particular area of the body
- (RADIOTHERAPY) Typically radiation treatment delivered over an extended period of time with multiple doses.
- (Radiotherapy) Some children will require doses of radiation to ensure that all leukaemia cells have been killed. It is usually only used when the patient is thought to be at risk of having leukaemia cells in the fluid which surrounds their brain and spinal cord.
- (Radiotherapy) This can be given either externally or internally, which is called brachytherapy. It is carried out under a general anaesthetic, or sometimes an epidural (spinal anaesthetic). The surgeon will place small radioactive metal seeds into the tumour within the prostate gland. ...
- (Radiotherapy) Treatment of pathological conditions, usually malignant, with ionizing radiation. It has been recommended in low dosage to discourage heterotopic bone formation.
