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Id	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D001918 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D001918
Preferred Name	Brachytherapy
Definitions	A collective term for interstitial, intracavity, and surface radiotherapy. It uses small sealed or partly-sealed sources that may be placed on or near the body surface or within a natural body cavity or implanted directly into the tissues.
Synonyms	Surface Radiotherapy Radioisotope Plaque Therapy Radiotherapy, Intracavity Interstitial Radiotherapy Radiotherapy, Interstitial Radiotherapy, Surface Brachytherapy, Radioisotope Implant Radiotherapy Radiotherapy, Implant Plaque Therapy, Radioisotope Therapy, Radioisotope Plaque Radioisotope Brachytherapy Intracavity Radiotherapy Curietherapy See more See less
Type	http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class

definition	A collective term for interstitial, intracavity, and surface radiotherapy. It uses small sealed or partly-sealed sources that may be placed on or near the body surface or within a natural body cavity or implanted directly into the tissues.
altLabel	Surface Radiotherapy Radioisotope Plaque Therapy Radiotherapy, Intracavity Interstitial Radiotherapy Radiotherapy, Interstitial Radiotherapy, Surface Brachytherapy, Radioisotope Implant Radiotherapy Radiotherapy, Implant Plaque Therapy, Radioisotope Therapy, Radioisotope Plaque Radioisotope Brachytherapy Intracavity Radiotherapy Curietherapy See more See less
prefLabel	Brachytherapy
Machine permutation	80
HN	80
type	http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
tui	T061
TERMUI	T005461 T005466 T005464 T005462 T005470 T005458 T005467 T005469 T005463 T005460 T005459 T005468 T005471 T005465 See more See less
TH	NLM (1992) UNK (19XX) NLM (1980)
MMR	20050630
notation	D001918
Semantic type UMLS property	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/STY/T061
Inverse of AQ	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000266 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000379 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000706 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000662 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000009 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000941 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000191 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000145 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000592 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000295 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000451 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000639 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000523 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000401 See more See less
DX	19800101
cui	C0034624 C0006098 C0034591 C0021864 C0038886
DC	1
MN	E02.815.150
AN	a type of radiother
AQL	AE CL EC ES HI IS MO MT NU PX SN ST TD VE
MDA	19990101
subClassOf	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D011878

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