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Indexing training

Category C - Diseases

Terms to Consider When Indexing Neoplasms

Oncology literature can be very complex, requiring the use of many coordinate terms. The list below gives terms to consider when indexing an article in the field of oncology. This list is not exhaustive, and there are many additional terms that may be used when indexing neoplasms.

Term
ANTIBODIES, NEOPLASM; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASMS and indentions
ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS and indentions
ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, COMBINED
BONE MARROW PURGING
CANCER CARE FACILITIES
CARCINOGENS and CARCINOGENICITY TESTS
CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC
CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT
CHEMOTHERAPY, CANCER, REGIONAL PERFUSION
COCARCINOGENESIS
COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY and indentions
DNA, NEOPLASM and RNA, NEOPLASM
DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR and indentions
GENES, SUPPRESSOR, TUMOR and indentions
LEUKEMIC INFILTRATION
LYMPHATIC METASTASIS
LYMPHOCYTES, TUMOR-INFILTRATING
MEDICAL ONCOLOGY
NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS
NEOPLASM METASTASIS
NEOPLASM PROTEINS and indentions
NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL
NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS
NEOPLASM SEEDING

 

Last Reviewed: March 18, 2016