"Radiation Oncology" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A subspecialty of medical oncology and radiology concerned with the radiotherapy of cancer.
| Descriptor ID |
D018787
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.403.429.515.500 H02.403.740.650
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2016 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2017 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2018 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2019 | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 2020 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2021 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Radiation Oncology" by people in Profiles.
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Patient Education Practices and Preferences of Radiation Oncologists and Interprofessional Radiation Therapy Care Teams: A Mixed-Methods Study Exploring Strategies for Effective Patient Education Delivery. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2024 Aug 01; 119(5):1357-1367.
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NRG Oncology Assessment of Artificial Intelligence Deep Learning-Based Auto-segmentation for Radiation Therapy: Current Developments, Clinical Considerations, and Future Directions. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2024 May 01; 119(1):261-280.
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Incident Atrial Fibrillation and Survival Outcomes in Esophageal Cancer following Radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2024 Jan 01; 118(1):124-136.
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Should We Target Oligometastatic EGFR-Mutated Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer With Radiotherapy Before Administering Targeted Systemic Therapy? J Natl Cancer Inst. 2023 06 08; 115(6):605-607.
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ChatGPT: Can a Natural Language Processing Tool Be Trusted for Radiation Oncology Use? Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2023 Aug 01; 116(5):977-983.
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Milestones 2.0: Refining the Competency-Based Assessment of Radiation Oncology Medical Residents. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2023 01 01; 115(1):12-18.
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Can Physics Consults Improve Patient-Centered Care in Radiation Oncology? Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2023 01 01; 115(1):244-246.
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Development of a United States Radiation Oncology Curricular Framework: A Stakeholder Delphi Consensus. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2023 04 01; 115(5):1030-1040.
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AAPM Task Group 298: Recommendations on certificate program/alternative pathway candidate education and training. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2022 Dec; 23(12):e13777.
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The addition of pelvic lymph node treatment to prostate bed salvage radiotherapy - Authors' reply. Lancet. 2022 09 17; 400(10356):885-886.