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"Radiation therapy plays a role in primary curative treatment (e.g. head and neck cancer), adjuvant therapy (e.g. reducing recurrence rate after local breast cancer surgery), and palliation of cancer symptoms (e.g. reducing pain from bone metastases). Radiation therapy may be used alone or synergistically with chemotherapy or immunotherapy, e.g. "chemoradiation therapy.""

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Optional Plurals
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"sealed source radiation therapy (brachytherapy) where a radiation source(s) is placed inside or next to the tissue requiring treatmentf"

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"Radiation therapy is commonly abbreviated to RT, RTx, DXT (deep x-ray therapy) and XRT (x-ray therapy) in medical records."

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"Radiation therapy is commonly abbreviated to RT, RTx, DXT (deep x-ray therapy) and XRT (x-ray therapy) in medical records."

Line 5:70 · Generally, don't use bold in text: '<strong>RTx</strong>'

"Radiation therapy is commonly abbreviated to RT, RTx, DXT (deep x-ray therapy) and XRT (x-ray therapy) in medical records."

Line 5:92 · Generally, don't use bold in text: '<strong>DXT</strong>'

"Radiation therapy is commonly abbreviated to RT, RTx, DXT (deep x-ray therapy) and XRT (x-ray therapy) in medical records."

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Acronyms
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"Radiation therapy is commonly abbreviated to RT, RTx, DXT (deep x-ray therapy) and XRT (x-ray therapy) in medical records."

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"stereotactic ablative radiation therapy (SBRT/SABR)"

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"stereotactic ablative radiation therapy (SBRT/SABR)"

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List Caps
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"CyberKnife"

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"Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS)"

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Headings Valid
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Expected headings

  • H1 Terminology
  • H1 Usage
  • H1 Epidemiology
  • H2 Risk factors
  • H2 Associations
  • H1 Clinical presentation
  • H2 Complications
  • H1 Diagnosis
  • H2 Diagnostic criteria
  • H2 Diagnostic clues
  • H1 Pathology
  • H2 Aetiology
  • H2 Location
  • H2 Classification
  • H2 Macroscopic appearance
  • H2 Microscopic appearance
  • H2 Immunophenotype
  • H2 Markers
  • H2 Genetics
  • H1 Radiographic features
  • H2 Plain radiograph
  • H2 Mammography
  • H2 Antenatal ultrasound
  • H2 Transoesophageal echocardiography
  • H2 Ultrasound
  • H2 CT
  • H3 Dual-energy CT
  • H2 Angiography (DSA)
  • H2 MRI
  • H2 CT/MRI
  • H2 Nuclear medicine
  • H3 PET-CT
  • H3 PET-MRI
  • H1 Radiology report
  • H1 Treatment and prognosis
  • H2 Complications
  • H1 History and etymology
  • H1 Differential diagnosis
  • H2 Clinical differential diagnosis
  • H1 Practical points
  • H1 See also

"Techniques"

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"Complications"

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Inline EG
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"unsealed source radiation therapy (systemic radioisotope therapy) where a radioisotope is delivered through infusion (e.g. Lu-177-DOTATATE for neuroendocrine tumours) or ingestion (e.g. I-131 for thyroid cancer)"

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