radiotherapy #

The concept we in STRONG AYA refer to as “radiotherapy” is identifiable through shortcode ncit:C15313.
In standard vocabularies this shortcode refers to “Radiation Therapy” and is defined as “Treatment of a disease by means of exposure of the target or the whole body to radiation. Radiation therapy is often used as part of curative therapy and occasionally as a component of palliative treatment for cancer. Other uses include total body irradiation prior to transplantation.”

radiotherapy values #

In STRONG AYA, this concept is recorded as “no”, “yes” and “missing_or_unspecified”.

The value we in STRONG AYA refer to as “no” is identifiable through shortcode ncit:C49487.
In standard vocabularies this shortcode refers to “No” and is defined as “The non-affirmative response to a question.”

The value we in STRONG AYA refer to as “yes” is identifiable through shortcode ncit:C49488.
In standard vocabularies this shortcode refers to “Yes” and is defined as “The affirmative response to a question.”

The value we in STRONG AYA refer to as “missing_or_unspecified” is identifiable through shortcode ncit:C54031.
In standard vocabularies this shortcode refers to “Missing” and is defined as “Not existing; not able to be found.”