Preferred Label : Radiosurgery;
NCIt synonyms : Radiation Surgery;
NCIt related terms : Ablation, Radiosurgical;
NCIt definition : A surgical procedure to treat cancer cells that use high energy beams.;
Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: A type of external radiation therapy that uses special equipment to position
the patient and precisely give a single large dose of radiation to a tumor. It is
used to treat brain tumors and other brain disorders that cannot be treated by regular
surgery. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer.;
NCI Metathesaurus CUI : CL031853;
Codes from synonyms : CDR0000044452; CDR0000045854;
Origin ID : C15696;
UMLS CUI : C0085203;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
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