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abscopal
adjective
Denoting the effect that irradiation of a tissue has on remote nonirradiated tissue.
The regression of a liver tumor after irradiation of bone that the tumor metastasized to is an example of the effect.
Etymology:
From
ab
("away from") and Greek scopos "a target for shooting at." Term first described by Dr. R. J. Mole in 1953 in the
British Journal of Radiology
, "Whole body irradiation- radiobiology or medicine?" . Br. J. Radiol., 26: 234-241, 1953.
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