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MeSH Heading: Medical Oncology
Tree Number(s): H02.403.429.515
Unique ID: D008495
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008495
Annotation: use for the specialty only RADIATION ONCOLOGY is also available
Scope Note: A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the study of neoplasms.
Entry Version: MED ONCOL
Entry Term(s): Clinical Oncology; Oncology, Medical
NLM Classification #: QZ 21
Previous Indexing: Internal Medicine (1966-1978); Specialties, Medical (1968-1978)
See Also: Neoplasms
Public MeSH Note: 79
History Note: 79
Date Established: 1979/01/01
Date of Entry: 1978/05/09
Revision Date: 2016/06/10

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