Terms Related to Cancer Chemotherapy Protocol

• Adjuvant Chemotherapy

  Drug therapy given to augment or stimulate some other form of treatment such as surgery or radiation therapy. Adjuvant chemotherapy is commonly used in the …

• Combined Anesthetics

  The use of two or more chemicals simultaneously or sequentially to induce anesthesia. The drugs need not be in the same dosage form.

• Chronotherapy

  The adaptation of the administration of drugs to circadian rhythms. The concept is based on the response of biological functions to time-related events, such as …

• Adjuvant Drug Therapy

  Drug therapy given to augment or stimulate some other form of treatment such as surgery or radiation therapy. Adjuvant chemotherapy is commonly used in the …

• Cancer Treatment Protocol

  Clinical protocols used to inhibit the growth or spread of NEOPLASMS.

• Neoadjuvant Therapy

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

• Antibiotic Drug Combinations

  Combinations of antibiotics used against difficult-to-treat infections. Antibiotic combinations have been used mainly to broaden the antibacterial spectrum and prevent development of resistance. In some …