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Salvage Therapy

Medical Definition: A therapeutic approach, involving chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or surgery, after initial regimens have failed to lead to improvement in a patient's condition. Salvage therapy is most often used for neoplastic diseases.
Guide Notes: after failure of other types of ther; usually in cancer ther; do not use /util except by MeSH definition; Manual 24.4.2.2.2

Salvage Therapy Medical Definitions and Terms

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