"Radiotherapy" 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.
The use of IONIZING RADIATION to treat malignant NEOPLASMS and some benign conditions.
| Descriptor ID |
D011878
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.815
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| Concept/Terms |
Radiotherapy- Radiotherapy
- Radiotherapies
- Radiation Therapy
- Radiation Therapies
- Therapies, Radiation
- Therapy, Radiation
Radiotherapy, Targeted- Radiotherapy, Targeted
- Radiotherapies, Targeted
- Targeted Radiotherapies
- Radiation Therapy, Targeted
- Targeted Radiotherapy
- Targeted Radiation Therapy
- Radiation Therapies, Targeted
- Targeted Radiation Therapies
- Therapies, Targeted Radiation
- Therapy, Targeted Radiation
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Radiotherapy" by people in this website by year, and whether "Radiotherapy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1996 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2000 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2002 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2005 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2006 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2011 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2012 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2015 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2020 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Radiotherapy" by people in Profiles.
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YTHDFs as radiotherapy checkpoints in tumor immunity. J Exp Med. 2025 Aug 04; 222(8).
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Updates on radiotherapy-immunotherapy combinations: Proceedings of 8th Annual ImmunoRad Conference. Oncoimmunology. 2025 Dec; 14(1):2507856.
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Treatment, toxicity, and mortality after subsequent breast cancer in female survivors of childhood cancer. Nat Commun. 2025 Mar 31; 16(1):3088.
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Proceedings of the National Cancer Institute Workshop on combining immunotherapy with radiotherapy: challenges and opportunities for clinical translation. Lancet Oncol. 2025 Mar; 26(3):e152-e170.
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Pushing the boundaries of radiotherapy-immunotherapy combinations: highlights from the 7th immunorad conference. Oncoimmunology. 2025 Dec; 14(1):2432726.
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American Radium Society Appropriate Use Criteria on Cardiac Toxicity Prevention and Management After Thoracic Radiotherapy. J Thorac Oncol. 2024 Dec; 19(12):1654-1667.
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Radiotherapy and immunology. J Exp Med. 2024 Jul 01; 221(7).
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Implementing a mHealth intervention to increase colorectal cancer screening among high-risk cancer survivors treated with radiotherapy in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS). BMC Health Serv Res. 2022 May 23; 22(1):691.
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Focused versus conventional radiotherapy in spinal oncology: is there any difference in fusion rates and pseudoarthrosis? J Neurooncol. 2022 Jan; 156(2):329-339.
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Severity of COVID-19 in patients with lung cancer: evidence and challenges. J Immunother Cancer. 2021 03; 9(3).