Intracavitary Radiation Therapy

Preferred Label : Intracavitary Radiation Therapy;

NCIt synonyms : Intracavitary Radiation;

NCIt related terms : BRACHYTHERAPY, INTRACAVITARY; CAV; Intracavitary brachytherapy (procedure);

NCIt definition : Radiotherapy in which the radiation source is placed directly within the body cavity being treated.;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: A type of internal radiation therapy in which radioactive material sealed in needles, seeds, wires, or catheters is placed directly into a body cavity such as the chest cavity or the vagina.; CDISC: A type of brachytherapy in which radioactive material sealed in needles, seeds, wires, or catheters is placed directly into a body cavity such as the chest cavity or the vagina.;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000044683; 384692006;

Details

Origin ID

C28049;

UMLS CUI

C0021864;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Intracavitary X-ray therapy (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Intracavitary brachytherapy (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- brachytherapy [MeSH Descriptor]
- intracavitary brachytherapy [SNOMED Notion]
- radiotherapy, intracavity [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Intracavitary brachytherapy (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- intracavitary brachytherapy [SNOMED Notion]
- radiotherapy, intracavity [MeSH concept]
concept_is_in_subset
- CDISC SDTM Procedure Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SDTM Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Operational Ontology for Radiation Oncology Prostate Cancer Terminology [NCIt concept]
- mCode Brachytherapy High Dose Rate Electronic Technique Value Set [NCIt concept]
- mCode Brachytherapy High Dose Rate Technique Value Set [NCIt concept]
- mCode Brachytherapy Low Dose Rate Temporary Radation Technique Value Set [NCIt concept]
- mCode Brachytherapy Pulsed Dose Rate Technique Value Set [NCIt concept]
- mCode Brachytherapy Radiopharmaceutical Technique Value Set [NCIt concept]
- mCode Brachytherapy Technique Value Set [NCIt concept]
- mCode Terminology [NCIt concept]

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