radium therapy

American  

noun

1. treatment of disease by means of radium.

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radium therapy British  

noun

1. treatment of disease, esp cancer, by exposing affected tissues to radiation from radium

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Etymology

Origin of radium therapy

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Dr. Jones started his career at Johns Hopkins, initially working part-time while also working in the private clinic of the gynecologist Dr. Howard Kelly, who had pioneered radium therapy for cancer patients.

From New York Times • Jul. 31, 2015

The authors were the 54 foremost cancer combatants, the world's leading specialists in cancer pathology, biology, surgery, X-ray therapy, radium therapy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Most of the cases, however, will be subjects for palliative tracheotomy and radium therapy.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

Treatment of Compression Stenoses of the Trachea.—If the thymus be at fault, rapid amelioration of symptoms follows roentgenray or radium therapy.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier