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RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY


check date: 28/08/2001
checker: Pamela
subject field: medicine: treatment
origination date: 19/12/2000
originator: Pamela
inputter: Arianne

Conceptual Structures
ISAINTERNAL-RADIATION-THERAPY
ANCESTORSALL
CANCER-MEDICAL-SERVE
CANCER-TREATMENT
EVENT
HEALTH-SERVE
INTERNAL-RADIATION-THERAPY
MEDICAL-SERVE
PROFESSIONAL-SERVICE-EVENT
RADIATION-BY-LOCALIZATION-OF-ENERGY
RADIATION-THERAPY
SERVICE-EVENT
SOCIAL-EVENT
TREATMENT-TO-ATTACK-CANCER
WORK-ACTIVITY


English
radioimmunotherapydefinition: experimental internal radiation treatment in which radioactive isotopes attached to antibodies from the tumor cells are injected into the body. The bloodstream carries the antibodies to the tumor where the isotopes attack and kill malignant cells. (en)
term type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
number: singular
reliability code: 9
radioimmunoglobulin therapyterm type: synonym
reliability code: 8
part of speech: noun
number: singular
definition: see radioimmunotherapy. (en)

Spanish
radioinmunoterapiaterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
gender: feminine
number: singular
definition: radioterapia investigacional que consiste en la administración de la radiación directamente al cáncer a través del torrente sanguíneo. Isótopos radioactivos, que previamente se han adherido a anticuerpos producidos de células extraídas del tumor, se inyectan de nuevo en el torrente sanguíneo del paciente. Estos isótopos entonces se adhieren al tumor, atacan y matan las células. (es)
reliability code: 9