neoadjuvant chemotherapy
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Procedure
- use of chemotherapy before primary treatment of a cancer with surgical excision or radiation therapy to eradicate micro-metastases
- for use with tumors that are resectable on presentation with the intention to cure[1]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 17, 18. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2015, 2018.
- ↑ Levin et al, Neoplasms of the central nervous system, in: Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, DeVita et al, eds, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2001, pg 291