proton therapy

Preferred Label : proton therapy;

MeSH definition : The use of an external beam of PROTONS as radiotherapy.;

MeSH synonym : proton therapies; therapies, proton; therapy, proton; proton beam therapy; proton beam therapies; therapies, proton beam; therapy, proton beam; Proton Beam Radiation Therapy;

CISMeF synonym : beam therapies, proton; beam therapy, proton;

MeSH annotation : coordinate with disease /radiother;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton beam radiation therapy;

Details

Origin ID

D061766;

UMLS CUI

C0436226;

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)
- Proton Beam Radiation Therapy [NCIt concept]
- Proton therapy (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- proton therapy [CISMeF Querying Strategy]
MeSH Descriptor(s) used for indexing
- protons [MeSH Descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- proton therapy [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- protons [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Proton Beam Radiation Therapy [NCIt concept]
- Proton radiation therapy [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Proton therapy (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]

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