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Radiation Oncology
Definition 1
The study of the effects of ionizing radiation for treatment of tumors. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
A subspecialty of medical oncology and radiology concerned with the radiotherapy of cancer. (NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
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