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neoadjuvant chemotherapy

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neoadjuvant chemotherapy [‚nē·ō¦aj·ə·vənt ‚kē·mō′ther·ə·pē]
(medicine)
A type of chemotherapy that is used to shrink a tumor prior to surgery or radiation.
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Following a similar approach, Weder mimicked that study when he reported a pilot study where nineteen patients with MME were treated using neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by EPP with or without consolidating radiotherapy (13).
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