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Radiation therapy (in American English), radiation oncology, or radiotherapy (in the UK, Canada and Australia), sometimes abbreviated to XRT or DXT, is the medical use of ionizing radiation, generally as part of cancer treatment to control or kill malignant cells.
Read More at Wikipedia ›Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned home Friday after 11 days of cancer treatment in Cuba, saying his latest round of radiation therapy was successful.
"I should say that we have successfully completed the medical treatment," the socialist leader said as dozens of uniformed soldiers holding assault rifles stood in formation along a red carpet on the tarmac at Simon Bolivar International Airport."Of course, I must rigorously follow the medical advice in these coming days in order to continue recuperating," he said."Aside from some discomforts that are normal in this type of treatment, absolutely nothing occurred that forced it to be stopped, suspended or make changes to the initial plan," added Chavez, disclaiming rumors that complications arose during his treatment.State television broadcast live footage of Chavez greeting and chatting with Vice President Elias Jaua, Defense Minister Henry Rangel Silva and Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami and other aides after he stepped off the...After nearly a year of cancer treatment that has forced President Hugo Chavez to step back from the spotlight, a burly former bus driver with a dark mustache and aff...
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has returned home from Cuba after a five-day round of radiation therapy and says the cancer treatments are going well.Chavez appeare...
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Aiming powerful beams of radiation precisely at tumors helped control their growth and helped people with early stage but inoperable lung cancer live longer, U.S. re...
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned home Friday after 11 days of cancer treatment in Cuba, saying his latest round of radiation therapy was successful."I shoul...
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he's flying to Cuba to begin radiation therapy Sunday for his cancer.The Venezuelan leader has been recovering after undergoing...
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