radium therapy

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radium therapy

The use of radium in radiotherapy.

radium therapy

(Medicine) treatment of disease, esp cancer, by exposing affected tissues to radiation from radium

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radium therapy - the use of radium in radiation therapy

Curietherapy

actinotherapy, radiation therapy, radiotherapy, irradiation, radiation - (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance

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