"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,
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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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| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 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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Performance evaluation of adaptive aperture's static and dynamic collimation in a compact pencil beam scanning proton therapy system: A dosimetric comparison study for multiple disease sites. Med Dosim. 2021 Summer; 46(2):179-187.
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A New Approach for Automated Image Segmentation of Organs at Risk in Cervical Cancer. Radiol Imaging Cancer. 2020 03; 2(2):e204010.
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Ultra high dose rate (35?Gy/sec) radiation does not spare the normal tissue in cardiac and splenic models of lymphopenia and gastrointestinal syndrome. Sci Rep. 2019 11 20; 9(1):17180.
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Dosimetric considerations when utilizing Venezia, Capri, Rotte double tandem, and tandem and ring with interstitial needles for the treatment of gynecological cancers with high dose rate brachytherapy. Med Dosim. 2020 Spring; 45(1):21-27.