Radiation Therapy

**Semantic type:** Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure

**Definition:** Treatment of a disease by means of exposure of the target or the whole body to radiation. Radiation therapy is often used as part of curative therapy and occasionally as a component of palliative treatment for cancer. Other uses include total body irradiation prior to transplantation.

**Synonyms:** - Cancer Radiotherapy - ENERGY_TYPE - ENERGY_TYPE - ENERGY_TYPE - ENERGY_TYPE - Energy Type - Irradiate - Irradiated - Irradiation - RADIATION - RADIOTHERAPY - RT - Radiation - Radiation - Radiation - Radiation - Radiation Therapy, NOS - Radiotherapeutics - Radiotherapy - Radiotherapy - Therapy, Radiation - irradiated - irradiation - radiation therapy - radiotherapy