MLchartDataset catalogue

conventional treatment

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-002044

Treatment that is widely accepted and used by most health care professionals. It is different from alternative or complementary therapies, which are not as widely used. Examples of conventional treatment for cancer include chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgery. Also called conventional therapy.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-002044
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymsconventional therapy
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-002044",
  "term": "conventional treatment",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "Treatment that is widely accepted and used by most health care professionals. It is different from alternative or complementary therapies, which are not as widely used. Examples of conventional treatment for cancer include chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgery. Also called conventional therapy.",
  "synonyms": [
    "conventional therapy"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/conventional-treatment/"
}

Record 5,263 of 17,721 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.