Indexing principles for Category C - Diseases

Category C - 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. If a section number is given, it refers to a section in the Indexing Manual where the term is discussed.

Term Section
ANTIBODIES, NEOPLASM; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASMS and indentions 24.4.4.1+
ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS and indentions 24.4.2.1+
ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, COMBINED 24.4.2.1.1
BONE MARROW PURGING 24.4.2.4
CANCER CARE FACILITIES  
CARCINOGENS and CARCINOGENICITY TESTS 24.5.6.2+
CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC 24.4.1.10+
CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT 24.4.2.2.1
CHEMOTHERAPY, CANCER, REGIONAL PERFUSION 24.4.2.5+
COCARCINOGENESIS 24.4.1.14
COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY and indentions 24.4.2.2+
DNA, NEOPLASM and RNA, NEOPLASM 24.4.4.2
DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR and indentions 24.4.2.1.2
GENES, SUPPRESSOR, TUMOR and indentions 24.4.4.3
LEUKEMIC INFILTRATION 24.4.1.2
LYMPHATIC METASTASIS 24.4.1.4
LYMPHOCYTES, TUMOR-INFILTRATING  
MEDICAL ONCOLOGY  
NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS 24.4.1.1+
NEOPLASM METASTASIS 24.4.1.3+
NEOPLASM PROTEINS and indentions 24.4.4.4
NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL 24.4.1.5
NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS 24.4.1.9
NEOPLASM SEEDING 24.4.1.11