How to Use radiation therapy in a Sentence

radiation therapy

noun
  • So most patients get weeks to months of radiation therapy five days a week for three to eight, nine weeks.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Tuesday marked his first day of ten rounds of radiation therapy.
    — Sophie Lewis, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2020
  • Bristal now faces six weeks of radiation therapy.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
  • And a lot of services like radiation therapy will be available.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2021
  • At the time, her team said the star would be completing photon radiation therapy.
    — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Ginsburg underwent three weeks of radiation therapy and as part of her treatment had a bile duct stent placed, the court said.
    — Jessica Gresko and Marilynn Marchione, chicagotribune.com, 23 Aug. 2019
  • It is used as needed to manage dry mouth and symptoms of treatments like radiation therapies.
    — Mark Gurarie, Health, 12 Jan. 2025
  • The singer is now having radiation therapy and chemotherapy treatment to try to prolong his life.
    — Claire Gillespie, Health.com, 12 Oct. 2020
  • Surgery, radiation therapy, and in some cases, chemotherapy get rid of cancer cells.
    — Jenny McCoy, Health, 10 Nov. 2023
  • It was treated with a grueling regime of radiation therapy.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Your doctor will recommend a treatment plan from there, which may include low-dose radiation therapy.
    — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The procedure was followed by eight weeks of radiation therapy.
    — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Chemotherapy and radiation therapy have a number of side effects that damage the heart.
    — Elizabeth Yuko, Flow Space, 30 Sep. 2025
  • This is it’ Murry left prison only for appointments to take round after round of chemo and radiation therapy.
    — Max Blau, ajc, 18 Mar. 2020
  • Chemotherapy and radiation therapy work to halt the spread of any remaining cancer cells.
    — Trihealth, Cincinnati.com, 4 June 2019
  • While there’s no cure, doctors can shrink tumors in the eye with radiation therapy or remove them surgically.
    — Amanda MacMillan, Health.com, 1 May 2018
  • Compared with the discomfort of colon surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy for colon cancer, colonoscopy prep is a piece of cake.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 25 Nov. 2021
  • And they are used in a wide range of areas from radiation therapy for cancer to treating wastewater and cleaning flue gases from power plants.
    — Andrea Willige, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Chemotherapy and radiation therapy may also be part of treatment if cancer has spread throughout the body.
    — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 29 Nov. 2021
  • My urologist referred me for radiation therapy, to be followed by Lupron every six months for two years.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Hale went on to endure five rounds of chemotherapy and 20 sessions of radiation therapy.
    — Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 2 Nov. 2021
  • With surgery off the table for now and having completed radiation therapy, Aylin could move forward with her quinceañera as planned.
    — Dawn Klavon, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Advances in radiation therapy have led to a higher cure rate and a better quality of life both during and after treatment.
    — Shayne Benowitz, miamiherald, 24 May 2018
  • When cancer is confined to the prostate, surgery plus radiation therapy is standard treatment for tumors deemed to be aggressive.
    — NBC News, 3 June 2021
  • In addition, women who had radiation therapy to the chest or breast area before age 30 are also at higher risk.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 4 Nov. 2019
  • There have been situations where there have been more aggressive forms and the patients have had to do chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
    — Naseem S. Miller, orlandosentinel.com, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Boris underwent 13 sessions of radiation therapy in a month and, to prevent brain damage, cannot be given any more.
    — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 1 Oct. 2021
  • The 82-year-old is battling an aggressive form of prostate cancer and just completed a round of radiation therapy last week.
    — Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Standard treatment in the United States is surgery of the palate, followed by radiation therapy.
    — Michele Cohen Marill, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2019
  • Six weeks of radiation therapy followed, with Strahan documenting each step of the way.
    — Lawrence Yee, People.com, 28 Dec. 2024

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