Gamma Knife - CISMeF

Preferred Label : Gamma Knife;

NCIt synonyms : Gamma Knife Radiosurgery;

NCIt related terms : Gamma Knife therapy;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: A treatment using gamma rays, a type of high-energy radiation that can be tightly focused on small tumors or other lesions in the head or neck, so very little normal tissue receives radiation. The gamma rays are aimed at the tumor from many different angles at once, and deliver a large dose of radiation exactly to the tumor in one treatment session. This procedure is a type of stereotactic radiosurgery. Gamma Knife therapy is not a knife and is not surgery. Gamma Knife is a registered trademark of Elekta Instruments, Inc.;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000046396;

Details

Origin ID

C15382;

UMLS CUI

C0086330;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- radiosurgery [MeSH Descriptor]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Gamma Knife (physical object) [SNOMED CT concept]
- gamma knife radiosurgery [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- gamma knife radiosurgery [MeSH concept]
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- GDC Terminology [NCIt concept]
- GDC Value Terminology [NCIt concept]

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