radiotherapy, adjuvant

Preferred Label : radiotherapy, adjuvant;

MeSH definition : 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.;

MeSH synonym : adjuvant radiotherapy; adjuvant radiotherapies; radiotherapies, adjuvant;

MeSH 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; almost never IM; coord with dis /radiother (IM) specific radiother (IM) specific surg or chemother to which this is adjuvant (IM);

Details

Origin ID

D018714;

UMLS CUI

C0242939;

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)
- Adjuvant Radiation Therapy [NCIt concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Adjuvant Radiotherapy [NCIt concept]
Record concept(s)
- radiotherapy, adjuvant [MeSH concept]
See also
- chemoradiotherapy, adjuvant [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- adjuvants, pharmaceutic [MeSH Descriptor]
- chemotherapy, adjuvant [MeSH Descriptor]
- neoadjuvant therapy [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Adjuvant Radiotherapy [NCIt concept]

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