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Adjuvant therapy

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-000256

Additional cancer treatment given after the primary treatment to lower the risk that the cancer will come back. Adjuvant therapy may include chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormone therapy, targeted therapy, or biological therapy.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-000256
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-000256",
  "term": "Adjuvant therapy",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "Additional cancer treatment given after the primary treatment to lower the risk that the cancer will come back. Adjuvant therapy may include chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormone therapy, targeted therapy, or biological therapy.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/adjuvant-therapy/"
}

Record 457 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.