adjuvant chemotherapy

chemotherapy /che·mo·ther·a·py/ (-ther´ah-pe) treatment of disease by chemical agents.

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adjuvant chemotherapy  cancer chemotherapy employed after the primary tumor has been removed by some other method.

combination chemotherapy  that combining several different agents simultaneously in order to enhance their effectiveness.

induction chemotherapy  the use of drug therapy as the initial treatment for patients presenting with advanced cancer that cannot be treated by other means.

neoadjuvant chemotherapy  initial use of chemotherapy in patients with localized cancer in order to decrease the tumor burden prior to treatment by other modalities.

regional chemotherapy  chemotherapy, especially for cancer, administered as a regional perfusion.

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Adjuvant chemotherapy

Treatment of the tumor with drugs after surgery to kill as many of the remaining cancer cells as possible.

Mentioned in: Neuroblastoma

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adjuvant chemotherapy,

the use of anticancer drugs after or in combination with another form of cancer treatment, as after apparently complete surgical removal of cancer cells. The method is used when there is a significant risk that micrometastasis may still be present. Adjuvant chemotherapy is most commonly used in treating breast cancer.