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Descriptor English: Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
Descriptor Spanish: Radioterapia Adyuvante
Descriptor radioterapia adyuvante
Scope note: Radioterapia que se aplica para aumentar alguna otra forma de tratamiento como la cirugía o quimioterapia. La radioterapia adyuvante se utiliza comúnmente en el tratamiento del cáncer y puede administrarse antes o después del tratamiento primario.
Descriptor Portuguese: Radioterapia Adjuvante
Descriptor French: Radiothérapie adjuvante
Entry term(s): Adjuvant Radiotherapies
Adjuvant Radiotherapy
Radiotherapies, Adjuvant
Tree number(s): E02.186.775
E02.815.600
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018714
Scope note: Radiotherapy given to augment some other form of treatment such as surgery or chemotherapy. Adjuvant radiotherapy is commonly used in the therapy of cancer and can be administered before or after the primary treatment.
Annotation: almost never IM; coord with dis /radiother (IM) + specific radiother (IM) + specific surg or chemother to which this is adjuvant (IM); DF: RADIOTHER ADJUVANT
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Combined Modality Therapy (1985-1994)
specific neoplasms/radiotherapy (1966-1994)
Public MeSH Note: 95
History Note: 95
Entry Version: RADIOTHER ADJUVANT
DeCS ID: 32054
Unique ID: D018714
NLM Classification: QZ 270
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Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/05/23
Revision Date: 2005/06/30
Radiotherapy, Adjuvant - Preferred
Concept UI M0028040
Scope note Radiotherapy given to augment some other form of treatment such as surgery or chemotherapy. Adjuvant radiotherapy is commonly used in the therapy of cancer and can be administered before or after the primary treatment.
Preferred term Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
Entry term(s) Adjuvant Radiotherapies
Adjuvant Radiotherapy
Radiotherapies, Adjuvant



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