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PHOTOCOAGULATION


origination date: 02/09/2001
originator: Pamela
subject field: medicine: treatment
check date: 20/05/2002
checker: Pamela

Conceptual Structures
ISAHEMATOPOIETIC-TREATMENT
ANCESTORSALL
CANCER-MEDICAL-SERVE
CANCER-TREATMENT
EVENT
HEALTH-SERVE
HEMATOPOIETIC-TREATMENT
MEDICAL-SERVE
PROFESSIONAL-SERVICE-EVENT
SERVICE-EVENT
SOCIAL-EVENT
TREATMENT-BY-BODY-PART-AFFECTED
TREATMENT-TO-ATTACK-CANCER
WORK-ACTIVITY


English
photocoagulationdefinition: treatment involving the destruction of the blood vessels that deliver nutrients to cancer cells. by heating them with a light beam. This treatment is being investigated in the treatment of small ocular melanoma tumors of the eye. (en)
number: singular
reliability code: 10
part of speech: noun
term type: main entry term

Spanish
fotocoagulacióndefinition: tratamiento que consiste en la destrucción de los vasos sanguíneos que nutren a las células cancerosas, mediante su calentamiento por un haz luminoso. Se está estudiando este tratamiento para su posible utilización en el tratamiento de melanoma intraocular. (es)
gender: feminine
number: singular
reliability code: 10
part of speech: noun
term type: main entry term