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Descriptor English: Radiation Oncology
Descriptor Spanish: Oncología por Radiación
Descriptor oncología radioterápica
Scope note: Subespecialidad de la oncología y la radiología médicas que se ocupa de la radioterapia del cáncer.
Descriptor Portuguese: Radioterapia (Especialidade)
Descriptor French: Radio-oncologie
Entry term(s): Oncology, Radiation
Radiology, Therapeutic
Therapeutic Radiology
Tree number(s): H02.403.429.515.500
H02.403.740.650
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018787
Scope note: A subspecialty of medical oncology and radiology concerned with the radiotherapy of cancer.
Annotation: do not confuse entry term THERAPEUTIC RADIOLOGY (a specialty) with RADIOTHERAPY (a therapeutic technique)
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Medical Oncology (1979-1994)
Neoplasms/radiotherapy (1975-1994)
Public MeSH Note: 95
History Note: 95
Entry Version: RAD ONCOL
DeCS ID: 32055
Unique ID: D018787
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/05/31
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Radiation Oncology - Preferred
Concept UI M0028126
Scope note A subspecialty of medical oncology and radiology concerned with the radiotherapy of cancer.
Preferred term Radiation Oncology
Entry term(s) Oncology, Radiation
Therapeutic Radiology - Narrower
Concept UI M0028125
Preferred term Therapeutic Radiology
Entry term(s) Radiology, Therapeutic



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