Dictionary of Cancer Terms
View in Spanish: Radioterapia hipofraccionada
Hypofractionated radiation therapy (HY-poh-FRAK-shun-AYT-ed RAY-dee-AY-shun THAYR-uh-pee)
Radiation treatment in which the total dose of radiation is divided into large doses and treatments are given less than once a day. Also called hypofractionation.
Source: National Cancer Institute Dictionary of Cancer Terms, available at www.cancer.gov/dictionary.