Radiosurgery

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Radiosurgery
TermRadiosurgery
Short definitionRadiosurgery - (pronounced) (RAY-dee-oh-SER-juh-ree) A type of external beam radiation therapy that uses special equipment to position the patient and precisely deliver a single large dose of radiation to a tumor. It is used to treat brain tumors and other brain disorders that cannot be treated with normal surgery. 
TypeCancer terms
SpecialtyOncology
LanguageEnglish
SourceNCI
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Radiosurgery - (pronounced) (RAY-dee-oh-SER-juh-ree) A type of external beam radiation therapy that uses special equipment to position the patient and precisely deliver a single large dose of radiation to a tumor. It is used to treat brain tumors and other brain disorders that cannot be treated with normal surgery. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. Also called radiation surgery, stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic radiosurgery

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