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Adjuvant Therapy for Cancer

Adjuvant therapy is treatment given after cancer surgery to increase the chances of a cure by destroying microscopic areas of remaining cancer. Adjuvant therapy may include chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormonal therapy, or a combination of these treatments.

By Healthwise Staff
Primary Medical Reviewer E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine
Specialist Medical Reviewer Christopher G. Wood, MD, FACS - Urology, Oncology
Last Revised May 2, 2011

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Last Updated: May 02, 2011
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