Whole-Body Irradiation

"Whole-Body Irradiation" 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.

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Irradiation of the whole body with ionizing or non-ionizing radiation. It is applicable to humans or animals but not to microorganisms.

Descriptor ID	D014916
MeSH Number(s)	E02.815.814 E05.980
Concept/Terms	Whole-Body Irradiation Whole-Body Irradiation Whole Body Irradiation Total Body Irradiation Radiation, Whole-Body Radiation, Whole Body Whole-Body Radiation Radiations, Whole-Body Whole Body Radiation Whole-Body Radiations Irradiation, Total Body Irradiations, Total Body Total Body Irradiations Irradiation, Whole-Body Irradiation, Whole Body Irradiations, Whole-Body Whole-Body Irradiations

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Whole-Body Irradiation".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Radiotherapy [E02.815]
Whole-Body Irradiation [E02.815.814]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Whole-Body Irradiation [E05.980]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2005	1	0	1
2009	1	0	1
2010	0	1	1
2017	1	0	1

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Choe HK, Gergis U, Mayer SA, Nagar H, Phillips AA, Shore TB, Smith MJ, van Besien K. The Addition of Low-Dose Total Body Irradiation to Fludarabine and Melphalan Conditioning in Haplocord Transplantation for High-Risk Hematological Malignancies. Transplantation. 2017 Jan; 101(1):e34-e38.

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Marks DI, Wang T, Pérez WS, Antin JH, Copelan E, Gale RP, George B, Gupta V, Halter J, Khoury HJ, Klumpp TR, Lazarus HM, Lewis VA, McCarthy P, Rizzieri DA, Sabloff M, Szer J, Tallman MS, Weisdorf DJ. The outcome of full-intensity and reduced-intensity conditioning matched sibling or unrelated donor transplantation in adults with Philadelphia chromosome-negative acute lymphoblastic leukemia in first and second complete remission. Blood. 2010 Jul 22; 116(3):366-74.

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Gaspar LE, Mehta MP, Patchell RA, Burri SH, Robinson PD, Morris RE, Ammirati M, Andrews DW, Asher AL, Cobbs CS, Kondziolka D, Linskey ME, Loeffler JS, McDermott M, Mikkelsen T, Olson JJ, Paleologos NA, Ryken TC, Kalkanis SN. The role of whole brain radiation therapy in the management of newly diagnosed brain metastases: a systematic review and evidence-based clinical practice guideline. J Neurooncol. 2010 Jan; 96(1):17-32.

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Li J, Hassan GS, Williams TM, Minetti C, Pestell RG, Tanowitz HB, Frank PG, Sotgia F, Lisanti MP. Loss of caveolin-1 causes the hyper-proliferation of intestinal crypt stem cells, with increased sensitivity to whole body gamma-radiation. Cell Cycle. 2005 Dec; 4(12):1817-25.

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Engel WK, Lichter AS, Dalakas MC. Splenic and total-body irradiation treatment of myasthenia gravis. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1981; 377:744-54.

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