Glossary All, Item, Recipes starting with R
A doctor who specializes in using radiation to treat tumors. A radiologist who specializes in radiation treatment of neoplasms – abnormal tissue growths (malignant or nonmalignant).
Glossary All, Item, Recipes starting with R
The medical specialty of radiation therapy. The study of radiation treatment of abnormal tissue growths (malignant or nonmalignant).
Glossary All, Item, Recipes starting with R
The use of radiation energy to interfere with tumor growth. See irradiation. The use of high-energy radiation from x-rays, gamma rays, neutrons, protons, and other sources to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Radiation may come from a machine outside the body...
Glossary All, Item, Recipes starting with R
Of or relating to radiography. Referring to the examination of any part of the body for diagnostic purposes by means of x-rays or other diagnostic modalities.
Glossary All, Item, Recipes starting with R
Examination of any part of the body for diagnostic purposes by means of x-rays with the record of the findings usually impressed upon a photographic film. Radiography is the examination of a specimen or any part of the body, usually for diagnostic purposes, by means...
