salvage therapy

Preferred Label : salvage therapy;

MeSH definition : 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.;

MeSH synonym : therapy, salvage; salvage therapies; therapies, salvage; Salvage Treatment; Salvage Treatments; Treatment, Salvage; Treatments, Salvage;

MeSH annotation : after failure of other types of ther; usually in cancer ther; do not use /util except by MeSH definition; Manual 24.4.2.2.2;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvage therapy;

Details

Origin ID

D016879;

UMLS CUI

C0085405;

Allowable qualifiers
- adverse effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- contraindications [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Salvage Therapy [NCIt concept]
- Salvage therapy [MedDRA Preferred Term]
Indexing information
- FIB-P protocol [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
Record concept(s)
- salvage therapy [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Salvage Therapy [NCIt concept]
- Salvage therapy [MedDRA Preferred Term]

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