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Treatments & Supportive Care Cancer & Oncology

adjuvant therapy

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1 Definition of adjuvant therapy

Meaning of adjuvant therapy: Additional cancer treatment given after the primary treatment to lower the risk that the cancer will come back.

Additional cancer treatment given after the primary treatment to lower the risk that the cancer will come back. Adjuvant therapy may include chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormone therapy, targeted therapy, or biological therapy.

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