Terms Related to Adjuvant Drug Therapy

• Adjuvant Radiotherapy

  Radiotherapy given to augment some other form of treatment such as surgery or chemotherapy. Adjuvant radiotherapy is commonly used in the therapy of cancer and …

• Neoadjuvant Therapy

  Preliminary cancer therapy (chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormone/endocrine therapy, immunotherapy, hyperthermia, etc.) that precedes a necessary second modality of treatment.

• Combination Drug Therapy

  Drug therapy with two or more drugs given separately for a combined effect.

• Isolation Perfusion Therapy

  Neoplasm drug therapy involving an extracorporeal circuit with temporary exclusion of the tumor-bearing area from the general circulation during which high concentrations of the drug …

• Cancer Chemotherapy Protocol

  The use of two or more chemicals simultaneously or sequentially in the drug therapy of neoplasms. The drugs need not be in the same dosage …

• Combined Modality Therapy

  The treatment of a disease or condition by several different means simultaneously or sequentially. Chemoimmunotherapy, RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY, chemoradiotherapy, cryochemotherapy, and SALVAGE THERAPY are seen most frequently, …