"Organs at Risk" 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.
Organs which might be damaged during exposure to a toxin or to some form of therapy. It most frequently refers to healthy organs located in the radiation field during radiation therapy.
| Descriptor ID |
D058958
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A01.635
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| Concept/Terms |
Organs at Risk- Organs at Risk
- Organs at Risks
- Risk, Organs at
- Risks, Organs at
- at Risk, Organs
- at Risks, Organs
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2016 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2017 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Organs at Risk" by people in Profiles.
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Prospective workup for the estimation of conceptus dose in fluoroscopically guided procedures. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2025 Apr; 26(4):e70037.
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Online correction of intrafraction motion during volumetric modulated arc therapy for prostate radiotherapy using fiducial-based kV imaging: A cohort study quantifying the frequency of shifts and analysis of men at highest risk. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2025 Apr; 26(4):e14603.
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An Efficient Multi-Scale Fusion Network for 3D Organs at Risk (OARs) Segmentation. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2023 07; 2023:1-4.
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Intensity modulated proton arc therapy via geometry-based energy selection for ependymoma. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2023 Jul; 24(7):e13954.
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Evaluation of Dose Distribution to Organs-at-Risk in a Prospective Phase 1 Trial of Pembrolizumab and Multisite Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT). Pract Radiat Oncol. 2022 Jan-Feb; 12(1):68-77.
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Radiation treatment planning study to investigate feasibility of delivering Immunotherapy in Combination with Ablative Radiosurgery to Ultra-High DoSes (ICARUS). J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2021 Mar; 22(3):196-206.
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A Randomized Phase IIb Study of Low-dose Tamoxifen in Chest-irradiated Cancer Survivors at Risk for Breast Cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2021 02 15; 27(4):967-974.
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Physician review of image registration and normal structure delineation. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2020 Nov; 21(11):80-87.
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Implementation of an optimization method for parotid gland sparing during inverse planning for head and neck cancer radiotherapy. Cancer Radiother. 2020 Feb; 24(1):28-37.
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Utilizing the TrueBeam Advanced Imaging Package to monitor intrafraction motion with periodic kV imaging and automatic marker detection during VMAT prostate treatments. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2020 Mar; 21(3):184-191.