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Chemotherapy, Adjuvant

Medical Definition:	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 therapy of cancer and can be administered before or after the primary treatment.
Guide Notes:	almost never IM; coordinate with dis /drug ther + specific drug or drugs /ther use + other form of ther to which this is adjuvant; Manual 24.4.2.2.1; DF: CHEMOTHER ADJUVANT
Previously Indexed:	Combined Modality Therapy (1984-1991),Drug Therapy, Combination (1974-1983),specific drug/therapeutic use (1966-1991)

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