Curietherapy (Noun)
Meaning
The use of radium in radiation therapy.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- Curietherapy was a term used in the early 20th century to describe the use of radium in radiation therapy to treat various types of cancer.
- The medical team specialized in curietherapy and used it to treat patients with cervical cancer.
- Curietherapy involved the insertion of radium-filled needles directly into the tumor site to deliver high doses of radiation.
- The doctor explained to the patient that curietherapy would be used in conjunction with surgery to treat her breast cancer.
- The hospital's oncology department was one of the first to adopt curietherapy as a treatment option for patients with inoperable tumors.