Concept information
Preferred term
Radiotherapy, High-Energy
Type
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Definition
- Radiotherapy using high-energy (megavolt or higher) ionizing radiation. Types of radiation include gamma rays, produced by a radioisotope within a teletherapy unit; x-rays, electrons, protons, alpha particles (helium ions) and heavy charged ions, produced by particle acceleration; and neutrons and pi-mesons (pions), produced as secondary particles following bombardment of a target with a primary particle.
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- High-Energy Radiotherapy
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- adverse effects (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
- economics (Qualifier)
- ethics (Qualifier)
- history (Qualifier)
- instrumentation (Qualifier)
- methods (Qualifier)
- mortality (Qualifier)
- nursing (Qualifier)
- psychology (Qualifier)
- standards (Qualifier)
- statistics & numerical data (Qualifier)
- trends (Qualifier)
- veterinary (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
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Radiothérapie de hautes énergies
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-GRM6G88W-P
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