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Medical Definition of Adjuvant therapy Medical Definition of Adjuvant therapy Adjuvant therapy: Treatment that is given in addition to the primary (initial) treatment. Adjuvant treatment is an addition designed to help reach the ultimate goal. Adjuvant therapy for cancer usually refers to surgery followed by chemo- or radiotherapy to help decrease the risk of the cancer recurring (coming back). In Latin adjuvans means to help and, particularly, to help reach a goal.
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Chemotherapy 1 Destroy cancer cells that may remain after surgery or radiation therapy. This is called adjuvant chemotherapy. 2  Help radiation therapy and biological therapy work better.  Destroy cancer cells that have come back (recurrent cancer) or spread to other parts of your body (metastatic cancer).
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- 1 Remove from heat and allow to rest for 10 minutes before removing from can and cutting up to serve. 2  Alternatively, preheat your oven to 350 degrees. 3  Pour 1/3 of the first beer in to the bottom of a 13x9 pan. 4  Place the chicken on top of the can, legs down. Remove the chicken from the oven, carefully remove the beer can and then tent with a piece of foil. 2  Rest for at least 10 minutes, then slice and enjoy.
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Photodynamic Therapy Photodynamic therapy is a leading non-surgical treatment for Acne, pre-cancerous skin lesions (actinic keratosis), early forms of non-melanoma skin cancer (basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma), rosacea, and sun-damaged skin.
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Breast Cancer Treatment With Chemotherapy Font Size. A. A. A. Chemotherapy uses medicine to kill cancer cells. With breast cancer, it has three major purposes: 1  To prevent cancer from coming back after surgery and radiation. 2  When chemotherapy is used this way, it’s called adjuvant therapy. 3  To shrink a tumor before surgery to make it easier to remove. 4  This is called neo-adjuvant therapy.
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- Adjuvants are agents or drugs that have few or no antigenic effects or properties but may have the potential to increase the efficacy or potency of vaccines or other drugs when given at the same time (see Chapter 9). Some of the most common adjuvants used in vaccine preparations are aluminum salts and monophosphoryl lipid (MPL)/QS21 cocktails. The response to potential pandemic flu vaccines has been shown to be much improved by the addition of MF59 (Nicholson et al., 2001; Stephenson et al., 2003; Atmar et al., 2006; Bresson et al., 2006; Baldo et al., 2007).
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- Adjuvant radiotherapy has been administered to men with adverse pathological features after radical prostatectomy for decades. Observational, nonrandomized, comparative studies of adjuvant and salvage radiotherapy consistently reported an improved time to BCR with the adjuvant approach.
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- WhAt is photoDynAMic therApy (pDt)? Photodynamic therapy is an outpatient procedure involving the use of a special light-activated drug. The inactive form of the drug is usually injected into a vein in the arm, where it travels to and accumulates in abnormal blood vessels under the center of the macula.
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Photodynamic Therapy for the Dermatologist Photodynamic therapy (PDT) involves the use of photochemical reactions mediated through the interaction of photosensitizing agents, light, and oxygen for the treatment of malignant or benign diseases. Photodynamic therapy is a 2-step procedure.
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- Adjuvant chemo can reduce the risk of breast cancer coming back. Before surgery (neoadjuvant chemotherapy): Neoadjuvant chemo is given before surgery. It can be used to try to shrink the tumor so that it can be removed with less extensive surgery.
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Medical Definition of Adjuvant chemotherapy Medical Definition of Adjuvant chemotherapy. Adjuvant chemotherapy: Chemotherapy given after removal of a cancerous tumor to further help in treatment. Many chemotherapy drugs are most effective after the majority of the tumor has been removed. Last Editorial Review: 6/9/2016.
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Radiation therapy Radiation therapy or radiotherapy, often abbreviated RT, RTx, or XRT, is therapy using ionizing radiation, generally as part of cancer treatment to control or kill malignant cells. Radiation therapy may be curative in a number of types of cancer if they are localized to one area of the body.It may also be used as part of adjuvant therapy, to prevent tumor recurrence after surgery to remove a primary malignant tumor (for example, early stages of breast cancer).adiation therapy is commonly applied to the cancerous tumor because of its ability to control cell growth.
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- Therapy implies the curing of a disease or malfunction of the body and includes prophylactic treatment like killing of germs, bacteria in or on the body by means of radiation as well as treatment of symptoms like pain (anaesthesia) by means of radiation.rotecting the functioning of electrical therapeutic stimulation devices, especially against MRI. This group only relates to protection (especially against MRI) for electrical therapeutic stimulation devices and not for other types of medical devices such as drug pumps.
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PUVA therapy play therapy see play therapy. pulp canal therapy root canal therapy. PUVA therapy [ p soralen + u ltra v iolet A ], a form of photochemotherapy for skin disorders such as psoriasis and vitiligo; oral psoralen administration is followed two hours later by exposure to ultraviolet a radiation. radiation therapy see radiation therapy.
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Chemotherapy Terms Chemotherapy Terms. Chemotherapy encompasses a wide variety of therapy treatments. Terms such as adjuvant, neoadjuvant, consolidation, and palliative often add to the confusion surrounding chemotherapy if not properly defined and explained. The purpose of this page is to increase the level of understanding about various chemotherapy protocols currently used.
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adjuvant 1 : serving to aid or contribute : auxiliary. 2 : assisting in the prevention, amelioration, or cure of disease adjuvant chemotherapy following surgery.
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Adjuvant therapy Adjuvant therapy rate (Noun) Drug treatment used with other treatments such as surgery and/or radiotherapy to increase their effectiveness Usage: Adjuvant treatment is often used in cancer patients Link to this page:
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Sequential Dose-Dense Adjuvant Therapy With Doxorubicin, Paclitaxel, and Cyclophosphamide Based on prior clinical trials, we tested sequential dose-dense therapy with high-dose doxorubicin, followed first by paclitaxel and then by cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan) for high-risk operable breast cancer.BSTRACT: The recognition of paclitaxel's (Taxol's) activity and non-cross-resistance with doxorubicin (Adriamycin) in the treatment of metastatic breast cancer has motivated study of the agent in the adjuvant setting.
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Photodynamic therapy Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is treatment used mainly for superficial types of skin cancer. PDT is effective in treating actinic keratoses and superficial basal cell carcinomas.
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adjuvant adjuvant a substance added to enhance a physical or chemical property, e.g. adjuvants are commonly added to ANTIGENS, improving the IMMUNE RESPONSE in the recipient and thus increasing the production of ANTIBODIES. adjuvant, n a substance that improves the effectiveness of a medicine or enhances the ability to produce an immune response. ad·ju·vant
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Adjuvant therapy: Treatment to keep cancer from returning Adjuvant therapy given before the main treatment is called neoadjuvant therapy. This type of adjuvant therapy can also decrease the chance of the cancer coming back, and it's often used to make the primary treatment — such as an operation or radiation treatment — easier or more effective.
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ADJUVANT The noun ADJUVANT has 1 sense: 1. an additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment Familiarity information: ADJUVANT used as a noun is very rare. • ADJUVANT (adjective) The adjective ADJUVANT has 2 senses: 1. furnishing added support. 2. enhancing the action of a medical treatment. Familiarity information: ADJUVANT used as an adjective is rare.
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ADJUNCTIVE THERAPY Adjunctive treatment is usually executed by a doctor who is not the physician being used to execute the main intervention. ADJUNCTIVE THERAPY: Adjunctive therapy is a common approach for severe alcoholism in which CBT might be used in conjunction with the prescribing of Anabuse..
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- Adjunctive therapy is very common in the treatment of mental illness. Eye glasses may be adjunct with eye exercises to improve sight problems. Radiation treatment may be adjunct with surgery for cancer patients. Occupational therapy is often used in combination with other types of adjunctive therapies. People who have been injured may have some form of physical therapy as adjunct to the care received by physicians. Occupational therapy may be adjunct to primary medical care.
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Photodynamic Therapy: FAQ What is Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)? PDT is the use of light-activated drugs which produce singlet oxygen to treat diseased tissues. The drug undergoes a chemical reaction when light of a particular wavelength and intensity is applied, resulting in a therapeutic effect.