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Drugs that enhance the killing effect of radiation on ceils. If radiosensitizers can be selectively introduced into the cells of a tumor while being absent from the surrounding normal tissue, the effect of irradiating the tumor will be increased, presumably leading to improved survival for the patient. Radiosensitizers are being studied in clinical trials.<\/p>\n

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Drugs that enhance the killing effect of radiation on ceils. If radiosensitizers can be selectively introduced into the cells of a tumor while being absent from the surrounding normal tissue, the effect of irradiating the tumor will be increased, presumably leading to improved survival for the patient. Radiosensitizers are being studied in clinical trials.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-r"],"yoast_head":"\nRadiosensitizers - Definition of Radiosensitizers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Drugs that enhance the killing effect of radiation on ceils. 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