Radical Radiation Therapy

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Key Facts

Abbreviation
RRT
Pronunciation
/ˈrædɪkəl ˌreɪdiˈeɪʃən ˈθɛrəpi/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. Objective : Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma ( NPC ) is very common in southern China. Since more than 90 % of the tumors are poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma which is moderately radiosensitive, radical radiation therapy is the first choice of treatment.
  2. From 1976 to 1992, 44 patients with middle and advanced stage vulvar carcinoma were treated by radical vulvectomy combined with radiation therapy and chemotherapy in our hospital.
  3. Salivary duct carcinoma was high-grade malignancy and prognosis was bad. Conclusions : Complete local excision with radical neck dissection and postoperative radiation therapy seemed to offer the most potential for effective treatment.

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