Cranial Irradiation
"Cranial Irradiation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The exposure of the head to roentgen rays or other forms of radioactivity for therapeutic or preventive purposes.
| Descriptor ID |
D016371
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.815.190
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| Concept/Terms |
Cranial Irradiation- Cranial Irradiation
- Cranial Irradiations
- Irradiation, Cranial
- Irradiations, Cranial
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cranial Irradiation" by people in Profiles.
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Zaky W, Dhall G, Khatua S, Brown RJ, Ginn KF, Gardner SL, Yildiz VO, Yankelevich M, Finlay JL. Choroid plexus carcinoma in children: the Head Start experience. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2015 May; 62(5):784-9.