chemotherapy, adjuvant

Preferred Label : chemotherapy, adjuvant;

MeSH definition : Drug therapy given to augment or stimulate some other form of treatment such as surgery or radiation therapy. Adjuvant chemotherapy is commonly used in the therapy of cancer and can be administered before or after the primary treatment.;

MeSH synonym : adjuvant drug therapy; drug therapy, adjuvant; adjuvant chemotherapy;

MeSH annotation : almost never IM; coordinate with dis /drug ther specific drug or drugs /ther use other form of ther to which this is adjuvant; Manual 24.4.2.2.1; DF: CHEMOTHER ADJUVANT; coordinate with disease / drug ther and specific drug or drugs / ther use and other form of therapy to which this is adjuvant;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjuvant chemotherapy;

Details

Origin ID

D017024;

UMLS CUI

C0085533;

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
- Adjuvant Chemotherapy [NCIt concept]
Metaterm(s)
- oncology [CISMeF Metaterm]
Record concept(s)
- chemotherapy, adjuvant [MeSH concept]
See also
- chemoradiotherapy, adjuvant [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- adjuvants, pharmaceutic [MeSH Descriptor]
- neoadjuvant therapy [MeSH Descriptor]
- radiotherapy, adjuvant [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Adjuvant Chemotherapy [NCIt concept]

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