combined modality treatment

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• combined modality therapy — treatment of cancer using two or more types of therapy, such as radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or surgery in an effort to achieve additive or synergistic effects; see also chemoradiotherapy. Called also multimodality t …   Medical dictionary

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• neoadjuvant therapy — in combined modality therapy for cancer, initial use of one modality, such as chemotherapy or radiotherapy, to decrease the tumor burden prior to treatment by another modality, usually surgery. Called also preoperative t. and presurgical t …   Medical dictionary

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• chemoradiotherapy — che·mo·ra·dio·ther·a·py .rād ē ō ther ə pē n treatment that combines chemotherapy and radiotherapy <chemoradiotherapy for advanced esophageal cancer> called also chemoradiation * * * che·mo·ra·dio·ther·a·py (ke″mo ra″de o… …   Medical dictionary

• Management of prostate cancer — Treatment for prostate cancer may involve active surveillance, surgery, radiation therapy including brachytherapy (prostate brachytherapy) and external beam radiation therapy, High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), chemotherapy, cryosurgery,… …   Wikipedia

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