How to Use radiotherapy in a Sentence

radiotherapy

noun
  • Patients need to stay still during radiotherapy to ensure the beam stays on course.
    — Behzad Ebrahimi, Discover Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Beattie played through her radiotherapy treatments and is now cancer-free.
    — Anne M. Peterson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The 53-year-old turned at first to radiotherapy, the hospital said.
    — Author: Hannah Knowles, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Feb. 2020
  • The last phase of treatment was radiotherapy which also was one of the first treatments developed against cancer.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2024
  • But many do not return to life as usual right after getting out of the chemotherapy chair or off the radiotherapy table.
    — Annette L. Stanton, STAT, 5 Sep. 2021
  • There should be more options than chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
    — Fox News, 16 May 2018
  • They are used in CT scanners, for x-rays of bones and for radiotherapy of malignant tumors.
    — Chandrashekhar Joshi, Scientific American, 1 July 2021
  • There is no cure, though treatments like chemotherapy and radiotherapy can help ease discomfort and prolong life in some cases.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 25 May 2026
  • Many studies have shown promise when taken with chemotherapy or radiotherapy.
    — Barbie Cervoni, Health, 23 Nov. 2024
  • It has been used for decades to treat patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy for cancer.
    — Scientific American, 10 Dec. 2019
  • Treatments like surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy can help prolong survival, though there is currently no cure.
    — Health Reporter, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Alex has since undergone 60 sessions of radiotherapy, as well as four cycles of high-dose chemotherapy.
    — Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Hunt is currently waiting for new dentures to be made, after radiotherapy destroyed his natural teeth.
    — Fox News, 7 May 2018
  • In contrast, of those who received just the standard radiotherapy treatment, 72% were alive and 64% did not see their cancer return or spread.
    — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 23 Oct. 2023
  • The most common form of radiotherapy today is the use of linear particle accelerators.
    — New York Times, 25 May 2022
  • This was followed by 25 rounds of chemotherapy and radiotherapy from May until July.
    — Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Both medical imaging and radiotherapy are mainstays of global health care, and their consistent application saves lives every day.
    — John Ericson, Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2014
  • The Instagram post, liked about 100 times in the first day online, adds that biopsy, radiotherapy and chemotherapy are harmful.
    — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2021
  • If you are diagnosed with cancer, keep active, even during treatment, such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and during recovery.
    — Julie Broderick, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2019
  • The father-to-be has undergone multiple treatment cycles of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, but his cancer has returned.
    — Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Surgery is still the main way of removing tumors, but after X-rays were discovered in 1895, radiotherapy soon became used too.
    — New York Times, 25 May 2022
  • The breakthrough means that doctors no longer have to rely on chemotherapy or radiotherapy, which can be especially harmful for young children, to treat that specific type of cancer.
    — Solcyré Burga, Time, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Emma said her post-mastectomy tests later came back negative, followed by a week of preventative radiotherapy.
    — Janine Henni, People.com, 2 Apr. 2025
  • In 2013, he was diagnosed with colon cancer and, while undergoing radiotherapy, began to explore sound as a tool for healing.
    — New York Times, 16 June 2021
  • After eight months of treatment, including chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and an ongoing clinical trial, she was given the all-clear.
    — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 30 Mar. 2022
  • By placing the radioactive source inside the body, brachytherapy can target tumors more directly than external beam radiotherapy.
    — Behzad Ebrahimi, Discover Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Unlike Brown, Castillejo underwent only one stem-cell transplantation instead of two and did not have radiotherapy to his entire body as part of his treatment.
    — Alisha Ebrahimji and Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Treatments vary but often use chemotherapy, immunotherapy and radiotherapy, the last two of which O'Donnell mentioned.
    — Elizabeth Stanton, Fox News, 1 Sep. 2024
  • Because chemotherapy and radiotherapy can make one sterile, women can freeze their eggs before treatment, the BBC reported.
    — Amy Lieu, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Isabella then celebrated the recovery milestone with a hearty and ceremonious ringing of the bell, also posing with her radiotherapy mask.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2024

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