ra·di·a·tion on·col·o·gy

1. the medical specialty concerned with the use of ionizing radiation in the treatment of disease;

2. the medical specialty of radiation therapy;

3. the use of radiation in the treatment of neoplasms.

Synonym(s): radiotherapy, therapeutic radiology

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ra·di·a·tion on·col·o·gy

(rā'dē-ā'shŭn on-kol'ŏ-jē)

The medical specialty concerned with the use and study of ionizing radiation in the treatment of cancer.
Synonym(s): therapeutic radiology.

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