noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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receive
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In 10 patients receiving combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy , the endoscopic lesions resolved and biopsy specimens were negative.
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Other patients who did not receive radiotherapy received up to 15 intrathecal injections in the first year.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Fears that radiotherapy would cause genetic mutations leading to handicaps in offspring appear to be groundless, according to studies among 3,000 survivors.
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One other patient withdrew from the trial because of development of a painful rectum during radiotherapy .
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Preoperative radiotherapy with 30 Gy was performed in 52 patients.
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Six of the patients used an opiate or an anti-diarrhoeal preparation during the radiotherapy .
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The study was conducted in a subregional radiotherapy centre and an academic department of gastroenterology and therapeutics.
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There is also an increased risk of cancer and high sensitivity to radiation means that radiotherapy can't be used.
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We have modified the recently completed St Jude protocol to withhold systemic antimetabolites during radiotherapy .
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When cancers did respond, radiotherapy was particularly useful in dealing with secondary growths which were too widespread for surgical relief.