Neoadjuvant therapy
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| Neoadjuvant therapy | |
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| Term | Neoadjuvant therapy |
| Short definition | nelarabine - (pronounced) (neh-LAR-uh-been) A drug used to treat adults and children 1 year and older with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia and T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma. It is used in patients whose cancer has not gotten better or has come back (came back) after treatment with other anticancer medicines. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
neoadjuvant therapy - (pronounced) (NEE-oh-a-joo-vant THAYR-uh-pee) Treatment is given as the first step in shrinking a tumor before the main treatment, which is usually surgery, is given. Examples of neoadjuvant therapies are chemotherapy, radiotherapy and hormone therapy. It's a kind of induction therapy
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Neoadjuvant therapy
- Wikipedia's article - Neoadjuvant therapy
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