Adjuvant therapy, also called adjuvant care, is treatment that is given in addition to the primary, main or initial treatment. The surgeries and complex treatment regimens used in cancer therapy have led the term to be used mainly to describe adjuvant cancer treatments. An example of adjuvant therapy is the additional treatment usually given after...
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Additional cancer treatment given after the primary treatment to lower the risk that the cancer will come back. Adjuvant therapy may include chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormone therapy, targeted therapy, or biological therapy.
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Treatment that is used in addition to the primary therapy to ensure that all microscopic cancer cells are destroyed. Radiation therapy is often an adjuvant therapy to surgery.
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<oncology, pharmacology> Treatment that is added to increase the effectiveness of a primary treatment. In cancer, adjuvant treatment usually refers to chemotherapy, hormonal therapy or radiation therapy after surgery to increase the likelihood of killing all cancer cells. ... (14 May 1997) ...
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the use of chemotherapy or radiotherapy in addition to surgical resection in the treatment of cancer.
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Treatment given after the primary treatment to increase the chances of a cure. Adjuvant therapy may include chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormone therapy, or biologic therapy.
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Anticancer drugs or hormones given after surgery and/or radiation to help prevent the cancer from coming back.
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Treatment given after the primary therapy, which is usually surgery. Adjuvant therapy for cancer may include immune therapy, chemotherapy, radiation therapy or hormone therapy.
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Adjuvant therapy: Treatment that is given in addition to the primary (initial) treatment. Adjuvant treatment is an addition designed to help reach the ultimate goal. Adjuvant therapy for cancer usually refers to surgery followed by chemo- or radiotherapy to help decrease the risk of the cancer recurring (coming back). In Latin 'adjuvans' means to h...
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A treatment given in addition to the main treatment (for example, chemotherapy as well as surgery) to try to prevent a cancer from coming back.
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the use of drugs or radiation therapy in the treatment of cancer along with surgery
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Treatment, usually chemotherapy, hormone therapy or radiotherapy, given following surgery. It is given to increase the likelihood of killing all cancerous cells.
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Treatment that is given in addition to the primary (initial) treatment.
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treatment used in addition to the main (primary) treatment. Adjuvant therapy usually refers to hormonal therapy, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or immunotherapy added after surgery to increase the chances of curing the disease or minimizing symptoms.
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