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Microwave thermotherapy

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-005375

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. Also called microwave therapy.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-005375
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymsmicrowave therapy
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-005375",
  "term": "Microwave thermotherapy",
  "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. Also called microwave therapy.",
  "synonyms": [
    "microwave therapy"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/microwave-thermotherapy/"
}

Record 11,038 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.