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Superfractionated radiation therapy

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-008388

Radiation treatment in which the total dose of radiation is divided into small doses and treatments are given more than once a day. Superfractionated radiation therapy is given over the same period of time (days or weeks) as standard radiation therapy. Also called hyperfractionated radiation therapy.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-008388
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymshyperfractionated radiation therapy
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-008388",
  "term": "Superfractionated radiation therapy",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "Radiation treatment in which the total dose of radiation is divided into small doses and treatments are given more than once a day. Superfractionated radiation therapy is given over the same period of time (days or weeks) as standard radiation therapy. Also called hyperfractionated radiation therapy.",
  "synonyms": [
    "hyperfractionated radiation therapy"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/superfractionated-radiation-therapy/"
}

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