Actinotherapy (Noun)
Meaning
(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The oncologist recommended actinotherapy as a treatment option for the patient's advanced cancer.
- Actinotherapy was used to treat the tumor by implanting a small radioactive seed directly into the affected area.
- The doctor explained that actinotherapy would be used in conjunction with chemotherapy to treat the patient's lymphoma.
- The hospital's radiation oncology department specialized in actinotherapy and had treated thousands of patients with various types of cancer.
- After surgery, the patient underwent actinotherapy to ensure that any remaining cancer cells were eliminated.