# OnCo record gray-unit (term). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/terms/gray-unit/>
  a schema:DefinedTerm ;
  onco:kind "term" ;
  schema:identifier "gray-unit" ;
  schema:name "Gray unit (Gy)"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "cGy"@en, "centigray"@en, "EQD2"@en, "BED"@en, "biologically effective dose"@en, "dose escalation"@en, "dose-escalated"@en, "radiation dose"@en, "absorbed dose"@en, "prescribed dose"@en, "total dose"@en, "60 Gy"@en, "70 Gy"@en, "GBq"@en, "MBq"@en, "becquerel"@en ;
  schema:description "The unit of radiation dose absorbed by tissue: one gray is one joule per kilogram. A curative course is typically 50-70 Gy in total; a single bone-pain treatment is 8 Gy. Radiopharmaceuticals are prescribed by activity in becquerels (GBq) instead."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/terms/gray-unit/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-09"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:sameAs <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_(unit)> ;
  schema:citation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_(unit)> ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/terms/hypofractionation/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/dosimetry/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/brachytherapy-term/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/conditioning-regimen/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/radiation/>, <https://onco.cc/fronts/radiopharma/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/radioligand-therapy/> .