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cytoreductive therapy

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cy·to·re·duc·tive therapy (st-r-dktv)
n.
Therapy to reduce the number of cells in a lesion, usually a malignancy.


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This agent is under clinical development for the treatment of follicular B-cell lymphomas following cytoreductive therapy with Rituxan(r), the leading biopharmaceutical approved for the treatment of this disease.
The concept of providing minimally toxic cytostatic therapy following traditional cytoreductive therapy to extend progression free survival, has become a promising avenue of treatment in clinical oncology.
 
 
 
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