"Retreatment" 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.
The therapy of the same disease in a patient, with the same agent or procedure repeated after initial treatment, or with an additional or alternate measure or follow-up. It does not include therapy which requires more than one administration of a therapeutic agent or regimen. Retreatment is often used with reference to a different modality when the original one was inadequate, harmful, or unsuccessful.
| Descriptor ID |
D019233
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.887
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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