radiotherapeutic
- adjective
- /ˌreɪdiəʊˈθɛrəpjuːtɪk/
- Specialized
- Doctors often use radiotherapeutic methods to treat patients with cancer.
Examples
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The insensitivity of glioma cells to currently used chemotherapeutic agents and radiotherapeutic regimes is attributed to their resistance to apoptosis.
Academic text (2016) -
The primary management of early breast cancer has been studied more extensively by this approach than almost any other disease, and yet it is surprising how difficult it is for clinicians and their patients to comprehend the trade-off in costs and benefits from the confusing array of surgical and radiotherapeutic permutations.
Academic text (1993) -
The essential growth characteristic is rapid local spread beyond the confines of any attempted therapy, although the response to therapy within the surgical or radiotherapeutic boundaries may be complete.
Academic text (2007) -
With respect to the radiotherapeutic component of treatment, the amount of radiation delivered to the head and neck is usually limited to 4,000 to 4,500 Gy.
Academic text (2005) -
The radiotherapeutic technique proved effective in reducing tumor size.
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Patients undergoing radiotherapeutic treatment received regular check-ups to monitor their progress.
Synonyms
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Using focused radiation to treat tumors without cutting the body
Surface Forms
Morphology
radiotherapeutic = therapeutic (transparent) = radio + therapeutic
The adjective is formed by adding the combining prefix 'radio-' (radiation) to the adjective 'therapeutic', yielding an adjective meaning 'relating to treatment using radiation', which is directly derivable from the base parts.
Etymology
Radiotherapeutic combines radio- meaning 'ray' or 'beam', as in radiant, and -therapeutic from therapy meaning 'healing' or 'treatment'. So, a radiotherapeutic approach uses beams of radiation to treat or heal disease.