Systemic radiotherapy
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| Systemic radiotherapy | |
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| Term | Systemic radiotherapy |
| Short definition | systemic radiotherapy - (pronounced) (Sister-TEH-mik RAY-dee-AY-shun THAYR-uh-pee) type of radiation therapy in which a radioactive substance, such as radioactive iodine or a radiolabeled monoclonal antibody, is swallowed or injected into the body and travels through the blood to localize and kill tumor cells |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
systemic radiotherapy - (pronounced) (Sister-TEH-mik RAY-dee-AY-shun THAYR-uh-pee) type of radiation therapy in which a radioactive substance, such as radioactive iodine or a radiolabeled monoclonal antibody, is swallowed or injected into the body and travels through the blood to localize and kill tumor cells
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