combination 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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combination chemotherapy

[kom′binā′shən]

the simultaneous use of two or more anticancer drugs.

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chemotherapy

the treatment of illness by chemical means; that is, by medication.

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cancer chemotherapy

the use of antineoplastic agents in the treatment of malignant growths; usually employed because treatment by other means, such as surgical removal, is not possible. A variety of malignancies in dogs and cats have been successfully managed with some of the chemotherapeutic agents used in the treatment of cancer in humans.

combination chemotherapy

several drugs are used in parallel or in sequence. A common procedure in human cancer therapy.

multimodal chemotherapy

chemotherapy combined with other forms of treatment, e.g. surgical excision.