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Radiation necrosis

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-007146

The death of healthy tissue caused by radiation therapy. Radiation necrosis is a side effect of radiation therapy given to kill cancer cells, and can occur after cancer treatment has ended.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-007146
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-007146",
  "term": "Radiation necrosis",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "The death of healthy tissue caused by radiation therapy. Radiation necrosis is a side effect of radiation therapy given to kill cancer cells, and can occur after cancer treatment has ended.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/radiation-necrosis/"
}

Record 13,975 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.