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However, a combination of radiation therapy and chemotherapy is often the treatment approach.
—Qin Rao, Verywell Health, 18 Oct. 2024
Giving people with cervical cancer a short course of chemotherapy before radiation therapy dramatically improves survival according to the results of a new clinical trial.
—Victoria Forster, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
These patients who survived without cancer progression also did not need radiation therapy, which can result in significant side effects, such as the risk of additional cancers or fertility problems.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
Common causes of neutropenia include cancer and cancer treatments like chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
—Steffini Stalos, Health, 6 Sep. 2024
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First Known Use
1922, in the meaning defined above
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“Radiation therapy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radiation%20therapy. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
Medical Definition
radiation therapy
nounMore from Merriam-Webster on radiation therapy
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