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adjuvant chemotherapy [¦a·jə·vənt ‚kē·mō′ther·ə·pē] (medicine) Chemotherapy that is used to destroy suspected undetectable residual tumor after surgery or radiation treatment has eradicated all detectable tumor; effective in the treatment of breast and colon cancer. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Quality of life
after adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer. Chemotherapy with
benzimidazoles was the only treatment for one third of the registered
patients; complete cure after surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy was
achieved in only 4. In spite of adjuvant chemotherapy, survival time ranged
between 4 and 30 months. |
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