Gold seeds
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| Gold seeds | |
|---|---|
| Term | Gold seeds |
| Short definition | golden fiducial marks (. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
gold seeds - (pronounced) (gold seeds) Tiny, golden seeds, about the size of a grain of rice, that are placed in and/or around a tumor to show exactly where it is in the body. Doctors can then target the tumor directly and deliver higher doses of radiation with less damage to nearby healthy tissue. Also called gold marker seeds, gold markers and gold seed markers
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