| Qualifier English: | radiotherapy | ||||
| Qualifier Spanish: | radioterapia 
 | ||||
| Qualifier Portuguese: | radioterapia | ||||
| Qualifier French: | radiothérapie | ||||
| Entry term(s): | X-ray therapy radiation therapy radioisotope therapy | ||||
| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/Q000532 | ||||
| Scope note: | Used with disease headings for the therapeutic use of ionizing and nonionizing radiation. It includes the use of radioisotope therapy. | ||||
| Annotation: | subhead only; includes x-ray, radioisotope, other ionizing radiation & non-ionizing radiation; indexing policy: Manual 19.8.63; DF: /radiother or /RT | ||||
| Allowable Qualifiers: | No qualifiers | ||||
| Online Note: | search policy: Online Manual; use: main heading/RT or RT (SH) or SUBS APPLY RT | ||||
| History Note: | 66; used with Category C & F 1966-74; C 1975 forward | ||||
| Entry Version: | RADIOTHER | ||||
| Abbreviation: | RT | ||||
| DeCS ID: | 22059 | ||||
| Unique ID: | Q000532 | ||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||
| Date Established: | 1966/01/01 | ||||
| Date of Entry: | 1973/12/27 | ||||
| Revision Date: | 2003/07/24 | 
                        
                                                                    
                        radiotherapy                                            
                                        - Preferred                                        
                                                                
                                
                        
                        
                        
                                                                    
                        X-ray therapy                                            
                                        - Narrower                                        
                                                                
                                
                                                                    
                        radioisotope therapy                                            
                                        - Narrower                                        
                                                                
                                
                        
                        
                    
                
                | Concept UI | M0030735 | 
| Scope note | Used with disease headings for the therapeutic use of ionizing and nonionizing radiation. It includes the use of radioisotope therapy. | 
| Preferred term | radiotherapy | 
| Entry term(s) | radiation therapy | 
| Concept UI | M0030736 | 
| Preferred term | X-ray therapy | 
| Concept UI | M0030737 | 
| Preferred term | radioisotope therapy | 
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