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Whole-brain radiotherapy
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Definition 1
A type of external radiation therapy used to treat patients who have cancer in the brain. It is often used to treat patients whose cancer has spread to the brain, or who have more than one tumor or tumors that cannot be removed by surgery. Radiation is given to the whole brain over a period of many weeks. Also called WBRT and whole-brain radiation therapy. (NCI Dictionary)
Definition 2
Radiation treatment modality used as major component in treatment of primary and metastatic brain tumors. This is a standard treatment for multiple brain metastases. (NCI Thesaurus)
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