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hyperthermia therapy

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-004075

A type of treatment in which body tissue is exposed to high temperatures to damage and kill cancer cells or to make cancer cells more sensitive to the effects of radiation and certain anticancer drugs.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-004075
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-004075",
  "term": "hyperthermia therapy",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A type of treatment in which body tissue is exposed to high temperatures to damage and kill cancer cells or to make cancer cells more sensitive to the effects of radiation and certain anticancer drugs.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/hyperthermia-therapy/"
}

Record 8,845 of 17,721 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.