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chemotherapy /che·mo·ther·a·py/ (-ther´ah-pe) treatment of disease by chemical agents. 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. combination chemotherapy [kom′binā′shən] the simultaneous use of two or more anticancer drugs. chemotherapy the treatment of illness by chemical means; that is, by medication. 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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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03), particularly for combination chemotherapy and radiotherapy (P = 0. [29] Other studies have shown that rates of cure and relapse-free survival following combination chemotherapy were comparable to those of radiation therapy alone in early-stage Hodgkin's disease. Food and Drug Administration approved ABRAXANE([R]) for Injectable Suspension (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension) (albumin-bound) in January 2005 for the treatment of breast cancer after failure of combination chemotherapy for metastatic disease or relapse within six months of adjuvant chemotherapy. |
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