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MeSH Heading: Radiotherapy
Tree Number(s): E02.815
Unique ID: D011878
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011878
Annotation: general only: prefer /‌radiother with diseases; /‌adv eff: consider also RADIATION INJURIES or its specifics; many specific types of radiotherapy are available
Scope Note: The use of IONIZING RADIATION to treat malignant NEOPLASMS and some benign conditions.
Entry Version: RADIOTHER
Entry Term(s): Radiation Therapy; Radiation Therapy, Targeted; Radiation Treatment; Radiotherapy, Targeted; Targeted Radiation Therapy; Targeted Radiotherapy
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/02/26

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

instrumentation (IS)

methods (MT)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

psychology (PX)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

veterinary (VE)

Concept UI: M0018443
Terms: Radiotherapy, Targeted Preferred Term
Term UI T035077
Date12/21/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Targeted Radiation Therapy
Term UI T000895611
Date02/19/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); Radiation Therapy, Targeted
Term UI T000895612
Date02/19/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); Targeted Radiotherapy
Term UI T035078
Date12/21/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994)

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