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centigray

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centigray /cen·ti·gray/ (cGy) (-gra″) a unit of absorbed radiation dose equal to one hundredth (10−2) of a gray, or 1 rad.
centigray (cGy)
[sen′tigra]
a unit of absorbed radiation dose equal to one hundredth (10-2) of a gray, or 1 rad.

centigray (cGy) [sen´tĭ-gra″]
a unit of absorbed radiation dose equal to one hundredth (10−2) of a gray, or 1 rad.


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Although these patients received doses of only one-third to one-half of the newly established dose of 15,000 centigray (cGy), all five patients demonstrated stabilization of their disease (one patient for thirty days, four patients for greater than sixty days).
This therapy allowed the dosing of patients with up to 15,000 centigray of radiation energy, which is approximately a three-fold increase in the maximum safe dose that can be given by external beam radiation alone.
Although these patients received doses of only one-third to one-half of the newly established dose of 15,000 centigray (cGy), all five patients demonstrated stabilization of their disease (one patient for thirty days, four patients for greater than sixty days).
 
 
 
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