Preferred Name |
Radiosurgery |
ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C15696 |
ALT_DEFINITION |
A type of external radiation therapy that uses special equipment to position the patient and precisely give a single large dose of radiation to a tumor. It is used to treat brain tumors and other brain disorders that cannot be treated by regular surgery. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. |
code |
C15696 |
Concept_In_Subset | |
Contributing_Source |
CTRP |
Display_Name |
Radiosurgery |
FULL_SYN |
Radiation Surgery |
label |
Radiosurgery |
Legacy_Concept_Name |
Radiation_Surgery |
NCI_META_CUI |
CL031853 |
Preferred_Name |
Radiosurgery |
prefixIRI |
C15696 |
prefLabel |
Radiosurgery |
Semantic_Type |
Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure |
subClassOf |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C15313 |