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Intracavitary radiation therapy

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-004408

A type of internal radiation therapy in which radioactive material sealed in needles, seeds, wires, or catheters is placed directly into a body cavity such as the chest cavity or the vagina.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-004408
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-004408",
  "term": "Intracavitary radiation therapy",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A type of internal radiation therapy in which radioactive material sealed in needles, seeds, wires, or catheters is placed directly into a body cavity such as the chest cavity or the vagina.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/intracavitary-radiation-therapy/"
}

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