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MeSH Heading: Radiation Oncology
Tree Number(s): H02.403.429.515.500; H02.403.740.650
Unique ID: D018787
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018787
Annotation: do not confuse entry term THERAPEUTIC RADIOLOGY (a specialty) with RADIOTHERAPY (a therapeutic technique)
Scope Note: A subspecialty of medical oncology and radiology concerned with the radiotherapy of cancer.
Entry Version: RAD ONCOL
Entry Term(s): Oncology, Radiation; Radiology, Therapeutic; Therapeutic Radiology
Previous Indexing: Medical Oncology (1979-1994); Neoplasms/radiotherapy (1975-1994)
Public MeSH Note: 95
History Note: 95
Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/05/31
Revision Date: 2009/07/06

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