Treating the patient who has no evidence of residual disease but who is at high risk for recurrence
It is called adjuvant
Adjuvant treatments for endometrial cancer are radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and hormone therapy
Adjuvant chemotherapy is an effective treatment for mesothelioma cancer.
When a cancer has been removed by surgery, chemotherapy may be used to keep the cancer from coming back (adjuvant therapy).
adjuvant
Yes. It can either be used by itself as straight chemo therapy or as an adjuvant chemo therapy. I myself am on adjuvant chemo therapy with Cisplatin, which is a highly toxic platinum drug, in this case administered by IV. My skin is having mild reactions, my hair is falling out, and my blood counts are low, especially my hemoglobin counts, which leaves me weak, tired and out of breath.
fatigue and easy bleeding and bruising. Damage to intestinal cells leads to a loss of appetite, nausea, and vomiting. Mouth sores and hair loss also are common side effects of chemotherapy.
Virginia Wadsworth Dunn has written: 'Behavioral and emotional responses of women receiving adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer'
Adjuvant is a subsatance that together with antigen increases antibody reaction.
As with most treatment plans, the effectiveness of chemotherapy on breast cancer depends on many factors such as the person receiving the treatment and how much the cancer has spread. Generally, chemotherapy is quite effective at removing cancer cells.
J. W. L. Fielding has written: 'An evaluation of prognostic factors and adjuvant chemotherapy in gastric cancer and an assessment of macrophage content of gastric tumours and its association with prognostic factors'
If it also contains killed Mycobacterium tuberculosis it is known as Complete Freund's Adjuvant. Without the bacteria it is Incomplete Freund's Adjuvant. From the materials data sheet.