"Radiation Oncology" 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.
A subspecialty of medical oncology and radiology concerned with the radiotherapy of cancer.
| Descriptor ID |
D018787
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.403.429.515.500 H02.403.740.650
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Radiation Oncology" by people in this website by year, and whether "Radiation Oncology" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Radiation Oncology" by people in Profiles.
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Association between author specialty and reported outcomes in non-randomized comparisons of prostatectomy versus radiation. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2026 Jul 07; 10(4).
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Virtual radiotherapy plan quality education: Perspectives from a global setting. Phys Med. 2025 Sep; 137:105069.
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Ensuring High Quality Treatment Plans with a Plan Quality Review Checklist. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2025 Jan-Feb; 15(1):e82-e87.
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Med Phys. 2024 Mar; 51(3):2187-2199.
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Increasing Diversity of Patients in Radiation Oncology Clinical Trials. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2023 05 01; 116(1):103-114.
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Mediators of Racial Disparities in Heart Dose Among Whole Breast Radiotherapy Patients. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2022 12 08; 114(12):1646-1655.
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Consensus Quality Measures and Dose Constraints for Breast Cancer From the Veterans Affairs Radiation Oncology Quality Surveillance Program and American Society for Radiation Oncology Expert Panel. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2023 May-Jun; 13(3):217-230.
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Restricted Access to Abortion, the Dobbs Ruling, and Radiation Oncology: Standing United Against Reproductive Injustice. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2022 11 01; 114(3):385-389.
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Consensus Quality Measures and Dose Constraints for Rectal Cancer From the Veterans Affairs Radiation Oncology Quality Surveillance Program and American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Expert Panel. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2022 Sep-Oct; 12(5):424-436.
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Veterans Affairs Radiation Oncology Quality Surveillance Program and American Society for Radiation Oncology Quality Measures Initiative. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2022 Nov-Dec; 12(6):468-474.