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Descriptor English:   Chemotherapy, Adjuvant 
Descriptor Spanish:   Quimioterapia Adyuvante 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Quimioterapia Adjuvante 
Synonyms English:   Adjuvant Drug Therapy
Adjuvant Chemotherapy
Drug Therapy, Adjuvant  
Tree Number:   E02.186.170
E02.319.170
Definition English:   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. 
Indexing Annotation English:   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
History Note English:   92 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AE adverse effects CL classification
CT contraindications EC economics
ES ethics HI history
IS instrumentation MT methods
MO mortality NU nursing
PX psychology ST standards
SN statistics & numerical data TD trends
UT utilization VE veterinary
Record Number:   30193 
Unique Identifier:   D017024 

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