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Descriptor English:   Salvage Therapy 
Descriptor Spanish:   Terapia Recuperativa 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Terapia de Salvação 
Synonyms English:   Salvage Treatment
Therapy, Salvage
Salvage Therapies
Salvage Treatments
Therapies, Salvage
Treatment, Salvage
Treatments, Salvage  
Tree Number:   E02.895
Definition English:   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. 
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:   29830 
Unique Identifier:   D016879 

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