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Before major surgery to remove the tumor, chemotherapy is usually given. Chemotherapy is also used to kill or shrink any cancer cells that may have spread to other parts of the body.
Source:ADAM
Date:November 5, 2009
As the understanding of cancer grows and new treatment approaches are developed, the complexity of cancer treatment also increases. Today, a multidisciplinary approach to cancer treatment is considered necessary for effective patient care. Profess...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Chemotherapy is the systemic (whole body) treatment of cancer with anticancer drugs.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to kill bacteria, viruses, fungi, and cancer cells. Most commonly, the term is used to refer to cancer-killing drugs. This article focuses on cancer chemotherapy.
Source:ADAM
Date:September 30, 2008
Chemotherapy is treatment of cancer with anticancer drugs .
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Chemotherapy is the treatment of cancer with anti- cancer drugs .
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Chemotherapy, sometimes referred to as "chemo," is the treatment of cancer with anticancer drugs.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Tumor removal is a surgical procedure to remove an abnormal growth.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
A tumor is an abnormal growth caused by the uncontrolled division of cells. Benign tumors do not have the potential to spread to other parts of the body (a process called metastasis) and are curable by surgical removal. Malignant or cancerous tumo...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
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