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TERAPIA NEOADYUVANTE [2 records]

Record 1 2018-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
  • Medication
  • Cancers and Oncology
DEF

An additional cancer treatment given after the primary treatment to lower the risk that the cancer will come back.

OBS

Adjuvant therapy may include chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormone therapy, targeted therapy, or biological therapy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux
  • Médicaments
  • Cancers et oncologie
DEF

Traitement administré en plus du traitement de première intention [...] pour aider à réduire le risque de [...] récidive [du] cancer.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento sin cirugía
  • Medicamentos
  • Tipos de cáncer y oncología
DEF

Tratamiento para el cáncer que se puede dar después del tratamiento primario para disminuir las probabilidades de que el cáncer vuelva a reproducirse.

OBS

La terapia adyuvante puede incluir quimioterapia, radioterapia, terapia hormonal, terapia dirigida o terapia biológica. [...] El tratamiento adyuvante realizado antes del tratamiento principal se llama terapia neoadyuvante.

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Record 2 2017-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
  • Medication
  • Cancers and Oncology
DEF

A treatment administered before the primary treatment in order to shrink the size of the cancerous tumor so that it can be removed more easily.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux
  • Médicaments
  • Cancers et oncologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento sin cirugía
  • Medicamentos
  • Tipos de cáncer y oncología
DEF

Tratamiento adyuvante que se realiza, previamente, a la cirugía por cáncer con el fin de mejorar las posibilidades de practicar la intervención y sus resultados con vistas a la curación.

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