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MeSH Heading: Radiation-Sensitizing Agents
Tree Number(s): D27.505.954.600
Unique ID: D011838
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011838
Annotation: note entry term RADIATION-SENSITIZING EFFECT: use only for the radiation sensitizing effect of a chemical substance
Scope Note: Drugs used to potentiate the effectiveness of radiation therapy in destroying unwanted cells.
Entry Version: RAD SENSITIZING AGENTS
Entry Term(s): Agents, Radiation-Sensitizing; Radiation Sensitizer; Radiation Sensitizers; Radiation Sensitizing Agents; Radiation-Sensitizing Drugs; Radiation-Sensitizing Effect; Radiation-Sensitizing Effects; Radiosensitizing Agent; Radiosensitizing Agents; Radiosensitizing Drugs; Radiosensitizing Effect; Radiosensitizing Effects
NLM Classification #: QV 380
Public MeSH Note: 66
History Note: 66(65)
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

analysis (AN)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

Concept UI: M0018388
Scope Note: Drugs used to potentiate the effectiveness of radiation therapy in destroying unwanted cells.
Terms: Radiation-Sensitizing Agents Preferred Term
Term UI T034937
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1965); Agents, Radiation-Sensitizing
Term UI T034935
Date12/07/1977
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Radiation Sensitizers
Term UI T034941
Date10/21/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Radiation Sensitizing Agents
Term UI T034936
Date12/07/1977
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Radiation-Sensitizing Drugs
Term UI T034939
Date11/22/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Radiosensitizing Agents
Term UI T034938
Date11/22/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Radiosensitizing Drugs
Term UI T034940
Date11/22/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Radiosensitizing Agent
Term UI T001089424
Date10/06/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); Radiation Sensitizer
Term UI T001089425
Date10/06/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022)

Concept UI: M0556258
Terms: Radiation-Sensitizing Effect Preferred Term
Term UI T788173
Date03/31/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012); Radiation-Sensitizing Effects
Term UI T788174
Date03/31/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012); Radiosensitizing Effect
Term UI T788175
Date03/31/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012); Radiosensitizing Effects
Term UI T788176
Date03/31/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012)

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