Disciplines and Occupations

Radiation Oncology

A subspecialty of medical oncology and radiology concerned with the radiotherapy of cancer.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A subspecialty of medical oncology and radiology concerned with the radiotherapy of cancer.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Oncology, Radiation
  • Radiology, Therapeutic
  • Therapeutic Radiology

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

do not confuse entry term THERAPEUTIC RADIOLOGY (a specialty) with RADIOTHERAPY (a therapeutic technique)

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History Note

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Previous Indexing

  • Medical Oncology (1979-1994)
  • Neoplasms/radiotherapy (1975-1994)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. H02w.403w.429w.515.500
  2. H02w.403w.740w.650

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Radiation Oncology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018787. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018787
  2. Radiation Oncology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q729267