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What does radiotherapy mean?

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Noun
  1. The therapeutic use of ionizing radiation, almost exclusively used for the treatment of malignant disease.
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She again had rounds of radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatment before being offered a new drug, Arimidex.
After two major operations, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, the disease went into remission.
In patients who are unfit to have radical surgery, radiotherapy may be administered to the inguinal lymph nodes.
Options include radical prostatectomy, conformal radiotherapy or brachytherapy, hormone treatment, and active monitoring.
Treatment options for cervical cancer include surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
Often, the initial response of a cancer to radiotherapy is a good indication of how successful the treatment will be.

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