Microwave Thermotherapy at Medical Drugs Glossary

What is Microwave Thermotherapy? A type of treatment in which body tissue is exposed to high temperatures to damage and kill cancer cells or to make cancer cells more sensitive to the effects of radiation and certain anticancer drugs. Also called microwave therapy.

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