brachytherapy - CISMeF

Preferred Label : brachytherapy;

MeSH definition : A collective term for interstitial, intracavity, and surface radiotherapy. It uses small sealed or partly-sealed sources that may be placed on or near the body surface or within a natural body cavity or implanted directly into the tissues.;

MeSH synonym : curietherapy; brachytherapy, radioisotope; radioisotope brachytherapy;

MeSH hyponym : radiotherapy, intracavity; plaque therapy, radioisotope; surface radiotherapy; radiotherapy, interstitial; Radioisotope Plaque Therapy; Therapy, Radioisotope Plaque; Radiotherapy, Surface; Intracavity Radiotherapy; Interstitial Radiotherapy; Radiotherapy, Implant; Implant Radiotherapy;

MeSH annotation : a type of radiother;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachytherapy;

Details

Origin ID

D001918;

UMLS CUI

C0006098;

Allowable qualifiers
- adverse effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- contraindications [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Brachytherapy [PCS menu]
- Brachytherapy [PCS menu]
- Brachytherapy [PCS menu]
- Brachytherapy [PCS menu]
- Brachytherapy [PCS menu]
- Brachytherapy [PCS menu]
- Brachytherapy [PCS menu]
- Brachytherapy [PCS menu]
- Brachytherapy [PCS menu]
- Brachytherapy [PCS menu]
- Brachytherapy [PCS menu]
- Brachytherapy [PCS menu]
- Brachytherapy [PCS menu]
- Destruction [ICHI action]
- Interstitial Radiation Therapy [NCIt concept]
- Interstitial brachytherapy (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Intracavitary Radiation Therapy [NCIt concept]
- Intracavitary X-ray therapy (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Intracavitary brachytherapy (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Isotope Therapy [NCIt concept]
- Radiation, not otherwise specified [ICHI means]
- Radionuclide therapy (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Radium therapy (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- interstitial brachytherapy [SNOMED Notion]
- radiation therapy [MedlinePlus Topic]
- radium therapy [SNOMED Notion]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Brachytherapy [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Brachytherapy [NCIt concept]
- Brachytherapy - action (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Brachytherapy NOS [MedDRA LLT]
- brachytherapy [Radlex concept]
- brachytherapy procedure, nos [SNOMED Notion]
MedlinePlus topic(s)
- radiation therapy [MedlinePlus Topic]
Record concept(s)
- brachytherapy [MeSH concept]
- plaque therapy, radioisotope [MeSH concept]
- radiotherapy, interstitial [MeSH concept]
- radiotherapy, intracavity [MeSH concept]
- surface radiotherapy [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- radium [MeSH Descriptor]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Brachytherapy (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Brachytherapy [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Brachytherapy [NCIt concept]
- Brachytherapy (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Brachytherapy - action (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Brachytherapy NOS [MedDRA LLT]
- brachytherapy [Radlex concept]
- brachytherapy procedure, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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