adjuvant therapy
A treatment given with or shortly after another treatment to enhance its effectiveness.
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A treatment given with or shortly after another treatment to enhance its effectiveness.
A range of medicines made from purified versions of chemicals that naturally occur in the body. They include monoclonal antibodies and immunotherapy. Also called biotherapies.
The use of high-energy radioactive beams to kill cancer cells or injure them so they cannot multiply. The beams of radiation are directed at the cancer from a machine.
A treatment that blocks the body’s natural hormones that help cancer grow. Also called hormone treatment.
Giving treatment before the primary treatment to try and make the primary treatment more successful….
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A type of radiation therapy treatment that implants radioactive material sealed in needles or seeds into or near cancerous cells. Also called internal radiation therapy.
Treatment given to cure the cancer, such as chemotherapy or radiation therapy. This does not include long-term treatment such as hormone medication, which may be taken for several years to maintain remission.
Treatment that combines chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
The individual, usually once daily, dose of radiation that makes up part of a course of radiation therapy treatment.
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