Carbon Ion Radiotherapy

Preferred Label : Carbon Ion Radiotherapy;

NCIt synonyms : CIRT;

NCIt related terms : Carbon Ion Radiation Therapy; CARBON Therapy; External beam radiation therapy using carbon ions (procedure);

NCIt definition : Ion beam radiation therapy that uses charged carbon particle. Compared to proton beam therapy, the larger mass of carbon results in decreased beam scattering, yielding a sharper dose distribution border with minimal penumbra and two to three times the relative biological effect.;

Codes from synonyms : 1156505006;

Details

Origin ID

C160816;

UMLS CUI

C3494442;

Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- carbon ion radiotherapy [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- carbon ion radiotherapy [MeSH concept]
Validated automatic mappings to NTBT
- heavy ion radiotherapy [MeSH Descriptor]
concept_is_in_subset
- CTRP Intervention Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Operational Ontology for Radiation Oncology Prostate Cancer Terminology [NCIt concept]
- mCode Radiotherapy Modality Value Set [NCIt concept]
- mCode Teleradiotherapy Modality Value Set [NCIt concept]
- mCode Terminology [NCIt concept]

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