noun[ U ]uk/reɪ.diˈeɪ.ʃən ˌθer.ə.pi/us/reɪ.diˈeɪ.ʃən ˌθer.ə.pi/(also radiotherapy)
放射疗法，辐射疗法
the use of controlled amounts of radiation (= a form of energy) aimed at a particular part of the body, to treat disease
He underwent eight weeks of radiation therapy.他接受了为期八周的放射治疗。
The most common forms of radiation therapy use X-rays or electrons to radiate and kill cancer cells.最常见的放射治疗方法是利用X射线或电子光束杀死癌细胞。
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Previously doctors have avoided radiation therapy for very young children.
Unlike conventional radiation therapy, which attacks tumours from the outside, this new system releases a cascade of atomic fragments inside cancer cells.
He had had Hodgkins disease three years earlier, but had been successfully treated with radiation therapy alone.