Superfractionated radiotherapy
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| Superfractionated radiotherapy | |
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| Term | Superfractionated radiotherapy |
| Short definition | superfractionated radiotherapy - (pronounced) (SOO-per FRAK-shuh-NAY-ted RAY-dee-AY-shun THAYR-uh-pee) Radiation treatment in which the total radiation dose is divided into small doses and treatments are given more than once a day. Superfractionated radiation therapy is given over the same period of time (days or weeks) as standard radiation therapy. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
superfractionated radiotherapy - (pronounced) (SOO-per FRAK-shuh-NAY-ted RAY-dee-AY-shun THAYR-uh-pee) Radiation treatment in which the total radiation dose is divided into small doses and treatments are given more than once a day. Superfractionated radiation therapy is given over the same period of time (days or weeks) as standard radiation therapy. Also called hyperfractionated radiation therapy
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Superfractionated radiotherapy
- Wikipedia's article - Superfractionated radiotherapy
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